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The Winds of Change
...A Way of Life Gone Forever
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Orland Ned Eddins
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The Winds of Change brings out the impending effects of early American western expansion, 1807 to 1812, on the Indian cultures of the Ohio Country and the Great Plains. A territorial people, the Northwest and Plains Indians had no concept of land ownership. In contrast, the driving force behind European settlers moving west of the Alleghany Mountains was in search of new land. As settlers acquired Indian land, the Indian way of life was gone forever.
The settlers, the armies, and the fur traders interaction with Tecumseh of the Shawnee and Partisan of the Sioux is brought to life from the Indian perspective. In addition to the Shawnee and Sioux, The Winds of Change storyline involves the Comanche, Cheyenne, Crow, Hidatsa, Blackfeet, and Shoshone Indians while maintaining a high level of historical accuracy with the use of footnotes and addendums. The last chapter on factual trivia goes beyond the time frame of Lewis and Clark, the Astorians, the Mountain Men, and the Canadian Fur Trade; it contains factual tidbits on the Oregon-California Trail, the Oregon Country, and the Mormon Trail as well. With an exciting, page-turning storyline, The Winds of Change is a "good read", as well as, educational.
A good deal of The Winds of Change was written in the Salt River Range of the Wyoming Mountains.
Tri-Rainbow - Salt River Mountain Range
In front of my tents were the Lander Cutoff of the Oregon-California trail and the trail of Robert Stuart and the eastbound Astorians. The Lander Cutoff is on the bottom edge of the picture. Robert Stuart's trail is up the canyon towards the end of the rainbow....some of my readers will appreciate how difficult it was to write under such trying circumstances.
Comments from the toughest critics...the Reader.
Roy C. Wolf - Illinois
Your Winds of Change lived up to
all my expectations. You are an accurate, informative and knowledgeable author!
Every high school history class should have both Mountains of Stone and Winds of
Change on a required reading list for American history classes. I speak as a
returned teacher/principal with 30 years experience in the Public Schools. Your
references, footnotes, and addendum materials express a dedicated, professional,
and expertise seldom exhibited in today's politically correct world. I am proud
to have your two books in my library - The Northwestern Illinois
Observer!
Frank Holmes - England
Many thanks for the copy of Winds of Change which I very much enjoyed. I found
the short paragraphs starting on page 257 particularly moving.
George Lessard - Massachusetts
Both of your books were well written, informative, and very interesting. The
pictures on the CD's are truly amazing.
Carl and Faith Kikstra - Michigan
Dr. Eddins
My wife and I ordered and received both of your books a few months ago and have
both read both books. They are great. Thank you for making Broken Knife, his
family and friends so "real". The books really opened my eyes to the day to day
struggles and dangers that they faced. We have felt for a long time that "white
man" took advantage of the Indians and their land with treaties which they never
honored. Your web site is great with tons of information. We are both retired
and have traveled the West and Southwest a few time and plan to return to do
more exploring.
Thanks again and may God bless you.
Cal McClellan - Colorado
I have enjoyed "The Wind.." equally as much as "The Mountains..." You have told
a story, fun to read, while imparting a great deal of authoritative information
about subjects that you obviously care about.
Richard V. Roach - Minnesota
My gosh, your pictures are beautiful--absolutely fantastic! These are just as
good as those with your first book. They alone are worth the money.
Vikii Mims - Georgia
I can not express how happy I am Wind of
Change is ready. I had a hard time putting Mountains of Stone down. It was
WONDERFUL!!!!!!!!!! Thank you so very much for writing these beautiful books. I
greatly appreciate all the hard work you put into them. I know that Winds of
Change will be just as exciting as Mountains of Stone and hope you continue to
tell the story. Please send me the CD so I may enjoy the lovely pictures of the
places I miss seeing.
Jan McIntyre - Michigan
Thank you so much for the wonderful Books - Great Reading! Very
Interesting and so Informative.
O.
N. Eddins is a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine. He was born and now resides in
Afton, Wyoming, which is near Jackson Hole and the Grand Tetons—a landmark for
Indians and Mountain Men. During the summer of 2009, a TV crew from
Germany
came to Wyoming and stayed in the Salt River camp
to interview Dr. Eddins on John Jacob Astor and the Astorians for German and
French public television. Dr. Eddins is a contributor, 2011, and a peer reviewer for the
Rocky Mountain Fur Trade Journal, and teaches history workshops for the Western
Wyoming College. He was an approved judge of the American Quarter Horse and the American
Paint Horse associations, as well as, a certified ski instructor in Park City,
Utah.
There have been many requests for copies of pictures from the website. The Winds of Change picture CD contains pictures from Yellowstone, Grand Teton, and Mesa Verde National Parks, Hovenweep, Monument Valley, Star Valley, Wyoming, and Fremont and Anasazi petroglyphs. The pictures make beautiful screensavers, or can be used as a slide show in Windows XP. To view a sample of pictures, click on...
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