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The Wild Girl: The Notebooks of Ned Giles, 1932

by Jim Fergus

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From the award-winning author of "One Thousand White Women" comes a novel in the tradition of "Little Big Man," tracing one man's search for adventures and the wild Apache girl who invites him into her world.

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When Ned Giles is orphaned as a teenager, he heads West hoping to leave his troubles behind by joining the 1932 Great Apache Expedition on their search for the young son of a wealthy Mexican landowner who was kidnapped by wild Apaches. But the expedition's goal becomes compromised when they encounter a wild Apache girl in a Mexican jail cell, victim of a Mexican massacre of her tribe that has left her orphaned and unwilling to eat or speak. Ned's growing feelings for the troubled girl soon force him to choose allegiances and make a decision that will haunt him forever. Based on historical fact, Jim Fergus takes readers on a journey of magnificent sweep and heartbreaking consequence.
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Cathy Chapman, September 5, 2006 (view all comments by Cathy Chapman)
Intriguing and bitter-sweet tale inspired by actual events, notably the planned "Fimbres Apache Expedition" out of Douglas, Arizona to rescue the six-year old son of Mexican rancher Francisco Fimbres, and the treeing and subsequent incarceration of "la nina bronca," a young Apache girl, by an American mountain-lion hunter.

The story is primarily told through the "notebooks" of young photographer Ned Giles. Author Jim Fergus attempts to portray part of the story from the Apache people's view-- refreshing in a world where Apaches are typically solely portrayed as being fierce and war-like.
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ISBN:
9780786888658
Subtitle:
The Notebooks of Ned Giles, 1932
Author:
Fergus, Jim
Publisher:
Hyperion Books
Subject:
Historical - General
Subject:
Historical
Publication Date:
April 2006
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
350
Dimensions:
904x654x89 100
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