Walks Without a Soul book summary

Often credited as Geo W ProctorSee site_link Often credited as Geo W ProctorSee site_link site_link Freed slave Nate Waggoner attempts to farm the rocky unforgiving soil of West Texas in 1850 but a Comanche raid tears apart his family and destroys the false sense of security they have developed Walks Without a SoulI like to read books with leading characters that I can relate to I also like westerns It is not often that I find a western that has an African American as a leading character Procter hit my nail on the head Walks Without a Soul takes place in pre civil war Texas Nate is a slave owned by a man who cannot afford the upkeep on his slaves Nate and his wife and four children so he gives them a plot of land to work for themselves and give him a portion of their crop kind of like post war sharecropping During a Comanche raid Nate s wife and daughters are kidnapped along with the master s wife and daughter The local landowners all prejudiced towards Nate and any black person undertake to rescue their loved ones They only partially succeed and give up Only Nate is willing to continue the search for his wife and children and his master s wife and daughter His master offers him freedom if he can bring them back Nate embarks on long months journey into hostile native American lands to barter for the captives He undergoes much suffering and disappointment but in the end his quest proves bittersweet A wonderful story reminiscent of the Britt Johnson of the Elm Creek raid in Texas in 1864 Very enjoyable The story flows logically even though it is compressed No wasted prose Walks Without a Soul W Pro Walks Without a Soul