Ridgeline: A Novel
Written by Michael Punke
Narrated by Michael Punke, Amanda Stribling and Tatanka Means
4.5/5
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About this audiobook
This program includes supplemental material read by the author.
The thrilling, long-awaited return of the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Revenant
In 1866, with the country barely recovered from the Civil War, new war breaks out on the western frontier—a clash of cultures between a young, ambitious nation and the Native tribes who have lived on the land for centuries. Colonel Henry Carrington arrives in Wyoming’s Powder River Valley to lead the US Army in defending the opening of a new road for gold miners and settlers. Carrington intends to build a fort in the middle of critical hunting grounds, the home of the Lakota. Red Cloud, one of the Lakota’s most respected chiefs, and Crazy Horse, a young but visionary warrior, understand full well the implications of this invasion. For the Lakota, the stakes are their home, their culture, their lives.
As fall bleeds into winter, Crazy Horse leads a small war party that confronts Colonel Carrington’s soldiers with near constant attacks. Red Cloud, meanwhile, seeks to build the tribal alliances that he knows will be necessary to defeat the soldiers. Colonel Carrington seeks to hold together a US Army beset with internal discord. Carrington’s officers are skeptical of their commander’s strategy, none more so than Lieutenant George Washington Grummond, who longs to fight a foe he dismisses as inferior in all ways. The rank-and-file soldiers, meanwhile, are still divided by the residue of civil war, and tempted to desertion by the nearby goldfields.
Throughout this taut saga—based on real people and events—Michael Punke brings the same immersive, vivid storytelling and historical insight that made his breakthrough debut so memorable. As Ridgeline builds to its epic conclusion, it grapples with essential questions of conquest and justice that still echo today.
A Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt and Company
Michael Punke
Michael Punke is the author of The Revenant which was made into an Oscar winning movie directed by Alejandro Gonzalez starring Leonardo DiCaprio. He lives with his family in Montana. Punke is the history correspondent for Montana Quarterly magazine. Punke is also the author of a work of nonfiction, Fire and Brimstone: The North Butte Mining Disaster of 1917, a finalist for the Mountains and Plains Booksellers Award.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Excellent rendering of historical facts and a multitude of characters brought to life by the author and narrator. Found myself thinking about this book even when I was not listening to it.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Punke takes great academic and cultural care to write a very faithful work of historical fiction. It was thrilling, thought provoking, and informative. I walked away with a greater reverence for the men who died on both sides.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Excellent audiobook. Informative (historical fiction) account of a story that should be more widely known. Great narrator. A fast paced and easy listen.
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- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Nice book HORRIBLE NARATION. I almost quit listening to this book a dozen times because the narrator was so bad. Ultimately it ruined it for me.