The Son

By Philipp Meyer

Subjects: nyt:trade-fiction-paperback=2014-02-16, Fathers and sons, Fiction, coming of age, Amerikanisches Englisch, Indians of north america, fiction, Frontier and pioneer life, Fiction, family life, general, Fiction, sagas, Families, New York Times bestseller, Comanche Indians, Father-son relationship, Fiction, family life, Native Americans, Fathers and sons, fiction, Roman, New York Times reviewed, Fiction, Frontier and pioneer life, fiction, Captivities, Texas, fiction, Indian captivities, Family life, Fiction, westerns

Description: Eli McCullough is thirteen years old when a marauding band of Comanche storm his homestead and take him captive. Brave and clever, Eli quickly adapts to Comanche life, carving a place as the chief's adopted son, and waging war against their enemies, including white men. But when disease, starvation, and overwhelming numbers of armed Americans decimate the tribe, Eli finds himself alone. Neither white nor Indian, civilized or fully wild, he must carve a place for himself in a world in which he does not fully belong, a journey of adventure, tragedy, hardship, grit, and luck that reverberates in the lives of his progeny.