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The Winds of
Change
...A Way
of Life Gone Forever
by
Orland Ned Eddins
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American Western Expansion began in the mid-seventeen hundreds. Winds of Change deals with the affects of western expansion on the Indian Cultures of the Ohio Country and the Great Plains. Winds of Change central characters, Broken Knife and Whispering Wind, bring to life an exciting period in American history. Broken Knife and Wind's interaction with St. Louis' leading fur merchants, head of Indian Affairs, General William Clark, Partisan of the Sioux, Tecumseh of the Shawnee, Cheyenne, Comanche, and Blackfeet Indians creates a fascinating story with a high degree of historical accuracy.
America's western expansion, and eventually the cry for Manifest Destiny, ended the American Indian way of life. The free-roaming Indian cultures were gone forever. Winds of Change, like Mountains of Stone, is an exciting read, as well as, educational.
Winds of Change is footnoted throughout the book. The last chapter on Western Expansion Trivia is divided into seven sections: Lewis and Clark, Astorians, Mountain Men, Canadian Fur Trade, Oregon Trail, Oregon Country, and the Mormon Trail.
Roy C. Wolf - Illinois
Your Winds of Change lived up to
all my expectations! I received it in the mail Monday and completed reading the
book this morning! 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.
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 Batt - Idaho
Both books were well written,
informative, and entertaining!
Jan McIntyre -Michigan
Thank you so much for the wonderful Books - Great Reading! Very Interesting and
so Informative.
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 - 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.
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
Tetonsa landmark for Indians and Mountain Men. A good part of The Winds
of Change was written in the Salt River Mountain Range. The base camp
was across from the Lander Trail Cutoff of the Oregon Trail and overlooked the trail of
Robert Stuart and the Eastbound Astorians.
This past summer
(2009), a TV crew from Germany came to Wyoming and stayed in his camp to
interview Dr. Eddins on John Jacob Astor and the Astorians for German and French
public television.
Dr. Eddins is
a peer reviewer for the Rocky Mountain Fur Trade Journal, and
teaches history workshop classes for the Western Wyoming Community 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.
Tri-Rainbow - Salt River Mountains
This picture was taken from in front of my tents.
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Dead Beats
A sad commentary on
present-day values is that there is little trust in people anymore. This is too
bad. Being old fashioned, I trust people, and the overwhelming majority of
people that have ordered Mountains of Stone bear out my faith in people. The "Dead
Beats" are people that bought Mountains of Stone and have not paid for it. These
people are not poor...just true worthless "Dead Beats".
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A CD of pictures from the Grand Teton, Yellowstone, and Mesa Verde National Parks, NASA, Monument Valley, Hovenweep, Fremont and Anasazi Indians petroglyphs, and Star Valley, Wyoming, is included with purchase of The Winds of Change. The picture CD for The Winds of Change is different than the Mountains of Stone CD. Click on the CD logo to see the types of pictures on the two CDs.
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