SUNDOWN

by John Joseph Mathews ‧ RELEASE DATE: Nov. 7, 1934

The author of Wah'Kon-Tah has told the story of Chal Windzer, part Osage Indian, part white, and the pull of the different strains in his make-up. The scene is laid in Indian Territory at an Osage Indian agency, and the story takes Chal through school, to a co-educational college, to the training field for aviators during the war, in which period he becomes himself an instructor but does not get overseas. The Indians grow rich when oil is discovered on the poverty striken territory allotted them by Washington. But there is little or no propaganda for or against the white domination, little commentary on the treatment accorded the Indians. Taciturn, inarticulate, a romantic -- he finds human contacts difficult, and drifting only too easy. Authentic, but one wishes it had gone deeper into the problem.

Pub Date: Nov. 7, 1934

ISBN: 0806121602

Page Count: -

Publisher: Longmans, Green

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Nov. 1, 1934

Categories: FICTION