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The Holy Road
by Michael Blake (Narrator: Bruce Boxleitner)
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Recorded Books (2001)
ISBN: 0788794353
EAN: 9780788794353
Audio Cassette
Edition: Unabridged
SKU: C036TTV
Condition: Used: Good
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
The Holy Road is the eagerly anticipated sequel to the runaway #1 best-seller Dances with Wolves--a phenomenally popular novel that became one of the most celebrated films in history. Author Michael Blake won an Academy Award for the films screenplay. Eleven years have passed since former Lt. John Dunbar became the Comanche warrior Dances With Wolves. Now married to Stands With A Fist, he and his three children live peacefully in the village of Ten Bears. But when a group of white rangers attacks, Stands With A Fist and her infant daughter are carried off. Along with Kicking Bird and Wind In His Hair, Dances With Wolves decides to fight back. He knows that he alone can move among the white people to rescue his wife and child. Told with the same epic sweep as its predecessor, The Holy Road is a moving story that readers will cherish. Stage and screen veteran Bruce Boxleitner delivers an impassioned narration that propels listeners through the full gamut of emotions.
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Customer Reviews
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Waste of Time!
Rating  (1)
Date: 2008-08-20
I loved reading Dances with Wolves, but Holy Road is a sore disappointment! I can't believe it's written by the same author. Blake spends chapters describing hallucinations and slaughter houses, but only a page on the death of the hero and other main characters. Way too many characters and way too disjointed. Holy Road lacks a cohesive story. I only read it because I enjoyed the original so much. If I hadn't read Dances with Wolves first, I would have put Holy Road down after the first forty pages. My opinion...watch the epic movie and leave it at that.
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A Non-Historical Novel
Rating  (4)
Date: 2008-01-11
Although I could find no verifiable historical facts within the writing, it is a good read and has a good plot. It is PROBABLY typical of the events that could have happened during the time frame exhibited. I recommend the Novel for an enjoyable reading.
fred shannon
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The Holy Road
Rating  (3)
Date: 2007-08-07
1 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
To much history mixed with fiction. Blake uses historical events and persons to write a mostly fictional book. Not enjoyabel for a historical interested person.
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May the People and the buffalo rise again
Rating  (5)
Date: 2006-09-01
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
I really enjoyed this book. No, I really, REALLY enjoyed this book. The characters are so knowable, mournable, unforgettable. The stark closure of the story fits perfectly, to my taste, with the last condition of the Commanche, and was no doubt intended that way. As for Michael Blake, a great success is never without critics. I am not one of them.
I look forward to the celluloid version of this book. When this movie is made with the same vision and startling delivery as its predecessor, it will no doubt be a great film.
Since I was a young man, I have felt keenly and helplessly the loss of native languages, cultures, and civilizations on the American continents. May the People and the buffalo rise again.
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EXCELLENT!
Rating (5)
Date: 2006-03-21
0 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
This was an exceptional book. Once I started it I could not put it down. If you enjoyed "Dances With Wolves" you are ganna love this one.
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