Hundred in the Hand

By: Joseph M. Marshall III

Narrated by: Joseph M. Marshall III, John Terry

Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins

Publisher's summary

Seeking to round out the compelling story of the American West, best-selling Lakota author Joseph M. Marshall III brings a new slant to the traditional Western: historical fiction written from the Native American viewpoint.

This riveting story takes place during the Battle of the Hundred in the Hand, otherwise known as the Fetterman Massacre of 1866. The story is told alternately through the eyes of Cloud, a dedicated Lakota warrior who fights alongside a young Crazy Horse, and Max Hornsby, a white pioneer who mistakes Cloud's redheaded wife for a captive.

Beautifully written and reminiscent of the oral tradition, Hundred in the Hand brings new depth and dimension to the story of the battle and the Lakota people.

©2007 Joseph M. Marshall III (P)2008 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Critic reviews

"Marshall has tapped into an old form and infused it with a slightly different brand of knowledge to produce a swift, compelling read. Simply put, if you like Westerns, you'll love this one." ( Washington Post Book World)

Brings the story to life

I love Joseph Marshall III’s writing. He writes n such a way that it brings the story and history to life. You can get lost in the words and picture it being carried out in your mind. The narration is excellent and easy to listen to and follow.
His books, including this one is so much more than history. It respects the oral story telling tradition of the Lakota and the book becomes a historical narrative where you can begin to try to understand the life, feelings and struggles of all the people involved.
Highly recommend!

The perspective of hearing how the USA was taken from the Indigenous peoples was mind opening ,

I liked the cadence the story was read at, it was very peaceful and meditative, it fit the tragedy of the disgraceful history of how American indigenous people were and are treated.

How the West was Lost

A novel of great heart and truth, "Hundred in the Hand" absorbs us into the intimate details of the lives of a handful of Native Americans shortly before their final round-up and herding into camps. Like it's sequel "The Long Knives Are Crying", we are introduced to an old survivor of the real battles of Hundred in the Hand and to the Battle of Little Bighorn, who has taken his family on a pilgrimage to the monuments erected there to impress upon them two momentous victories over the hoards of relentlessly demanding Settlers and protecting Armies who were invading their land.
It is not a mawkish romance but a dignified telling of a passionate people with an ancient history and love of a land that held the souls of their nation. Although the future of the true American was irremediable, the strength of character and sense of belonging to a place, live free or die, his battle against the machines and the multitude of White culture coming to annihilate them for land and its' riches, the Native People have a brilliant, colourful and glorious history as told, in part, in these two moving, beautiful books.

Hundred in the Hand is a fascinating story

Narration of Hundred in the Hand was marvelous and done in the story-telling style of my Yaqui friend. The story comes from the indigenous view of events around the battle of the Little Big Horn. I highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys seeing different views of events.

Great story about the Native Americans.

hope to read more stories by Joseph and Marshall. Itwas great reading the story about the Native American side of the history of the United States.

Beautiful

It is a gift to hear REAL history. I am grateful to have learned this story of survival. Wopila Tanka

Excellent

This was only my second audible book and I’m hooked. The storytelling was excellent and so were the narrators.

Wonderful

I loved every thing about this book. The story line, the way it was told. The narration was excellent. I would recommend this book to anyone looking for something above ordinary in this genre.

Excellent to listen to!

Well done! History from another perspective that can be learned from if one has ears to listen.

A tragic story on all accounts. Well Told.

This story is a gift from an amazing story teller. Told from a perspective all to often forgotten. It's important to hear both sides of every story, this is unique in that it is told from the Native American perspective.