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The Horsecatcher
''The Horsecatcher'' is a 1957 adolescent novel by author Mari Sandoz. ''The Horsecatcher'' was a Newbery Medal Honor Book in 1958.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Horsecatcher )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Books In Print )〕〔 The book is "dedicated to the two great Cheyennes named Elk River, both council chiefs and peace men, one Keeper of the Sacred Arrows of the Cheyenne Indians, the other the greatest horsecatcher of all the High Plains".〔Sandoz, Mari. The Horsecatcher. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1957. Print (5).〕
==Plot==
Elk, a Southern Cheyenne adolescent. He dresses plainly, doesn't care for ceremonials, has no interest in warfare and coup-counting and little more in hunting. He's undergone his fast, but nobody was quite able to figure out what his dream meant. He knows he's a disappointment to his father, Elk River, to his uncle Owl Friend, who founded a warrior society, and to his older brother Two Wolves. But he can't help what's in his heart. He wants to be a tamer of wild horses.
When we first meet Elk, he's slipped away from his village on a lone horse-hunt, hoping to catch Bear Colt. But despite hardship and deprivation and even almost getting accidentally killed by some of his own tribesmen, he succeeds, and that's worth the shaming he gets from his kin. Over the next two years Elk learns his chosen profession, along with the misunderstandings that come with it. Even when he bravely warns his village of approaching Kiowa raiders and kills one with his rabbit bow, he fails to see his accomplishment. Furthermore, after his brother is killed,along with his entire war party, he helps to save the tribe's great talismans. He then penetrates deep into Kiowa country, alone and afraid, to recover and bury the remains. For a culture that places great value on horses, it's surprising that no one seems ready to recognize what a real contribution he could make to his tribe.
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