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Don Coldsmith


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Don Coldsmith wrote over 40 books, 150 articles and 1600 newspaper columns. The bulk of his fiction is a series of historical novels, "The Spanish Bit Saga" which focuses on the Indians of the Great Plains from the time of first contact with Europeans. There are more than six million copies in print, as well as editions in German, French and Swedish.
 

Genres: Western
 
Series
Spanish Bit Saga
   1. Trail of the Spanish Bit (1980)
   2. The Elk-Dog Heritage (1982)
   3. Follow the Wind (1983)
   4. Buffalo Medicine (1981)
   5. Man of the Shadows (1983)
   6. Daughter of the Eagle (1984)
   7. Moon of Thunder (1985)
   8. The Sacred Hills (1985)
   9. Pale Star (1986)
   10. River of Swans (1986)
   11. Return to the River (1987)
   12. The Medicine Knife (1988)
   13. The Flower in the Mountains (1988)
   14. Trail from Taos (1989)
   15. Song of the Rock (1989)
   The Changing Wind (1990)
   16. Fort De Chastaigne (1990)
   17. Quest for the White Bull (1990)
   The Traveler (1991)
   18. Return of the Spanish (1991)
   19. The Bride of the Morning Star (1991)
   20. Walks in the Sun (1992)
   21. Thunderstick (1993)
   22. Track of the Bear (1994)
   23. Child of the Dead (1995)
   24. Bearer of the Pipe (1995)
   25. Medicine Hat (1997)
   26. The Lost Band (2000)
   27. Raven Mocker (2001)
   28. The Pipestone Quest (2004)
   29. Moon of Madness (2008)
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Novels
   World of Silence (1992)
   Runestone (1995)
   The Santa Fe Trail Is Born (1996)
   Tallgrass (1997)
   Kenzas (1997)
   South Wind (1998)
   The Long Journey Home (2001)
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