I had a hard time getting started - but once in - I could not put it down. I thought it was a unique and fresh perspective on the time period between the two wars. The characters are interesting and well flushed out. There are a few loose ends - but I enjoyed the read and look forward to reading another book by the same author.

I would never have read this book unless it had been suggested by one of our book club members and boy am I glad they did! What an interesting book! Erdich shows us a world that is truly American and yet foreign at the same time. The characters are unlike any others in fiction that I can recall. A roller coaster of a story and I'll hop on that ride any time.

I was taken by courage it took to pioneer the forbidding Dakotas, and the German strain. I was also a "transplant" to the upper midwest. Don't be scared off by the odd title!