The Kiowa Verdict

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Dorchester Publishing Company, Incorporated, 2000 - Fiction - 272 pages
This Spur Award-winning novel is set in 1871, when members of an Indian war party are put on trial to defend their brutal attack of a wagon train. The chiefs are tried in a Texas courtroom, with a former Indian fighter to defend them. Will a fair trial be possible?

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Contents

Section 1
5
Section 2
83
Section 3
110
Copyright

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The Kiowa Verdict
Cynthia Haseloff
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Cynthia Haseloff
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About the author (2000)

Cynthia Haseloff was born in Eagle Flats, Texas in 1948. She won a State American Legion Oratorical Award in high school before receiving her B. A. and M. A. at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. She later earned a Ph.D. from Stephens College. Besides having a career as a writer, Haseloff worked in her family's recreation business, produced audio visual material, taught high school English, and served as a publications advisor at the school. She also is a member of the Western Writers of America and past board member of Shiloh Museum and Washington County Historical Society. Haseloff has written Ride South! and The Kiowa Verdict: A Western Story, which won a Western Writers of America Spur Award for Best Western Novel.

Bibliographic information

TitleThe Kiowa Verdict
AuthorCynthia Haseloff
PublisherDorchester Publishing Company, Incorporated, 2000
ISBN0843947675, 9780843947670
Length272 pages
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Fiction / Southern
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