The Long Journey Home by Don Coldsmith (2001) (L61a5) Tom Doherty Associates First Edition HC

Set in the early twentieth century, Long Journey Home is the story of one man's life, the Native American John Buffalo. John Buffalo is pushed to train for track and field events, with an eye toward the Olympics. His training introduces him to Jim Thorpe, 1912 winner of two gold medals in track and field who was later stripped of them. He meets Bill Picket, the black cowboy who invented steer wrestling and one of the creators of the world's largest Wild West show. Together, these athletes and showmen travel to Mexico, South America, and Europe. Along the way to an Olympic gold medal, John Buffalo meets and interacts with a variety of early twentieth-century celebrities including Theodore Roosevelt, Tim McCoy, and even Jesse Owens, the African American gold medal winner snubbed by Hitler. Long Journey Home is beautifully woven historical fiction about a star athlete Native American. Sometimes heart-wrenching, sometimes hilarious, veteran Don Coldsmith delivers another breathtaking story.

ISBN: 0312876173
Format: hardcover
Pages: 400
Book Condition: acceptable
Defects: former library book, has stickers and stamps
Dust Jacket: good
Copyright: 2001 by Don Coldsmith
Publisher: A Tom Doherty Associates Book
Edition: First Edition

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