{"product_id":"changing-woman-a-novel-of-the-camp-grant-massacre-9781496235138","title":"Changing Woman: A Novel of the Camp Grant Massacre","description":"2023 Laramie Book Award Finalist for Americana Fiction \u003cbr\u003e 2023 Goethe Book Award Longlist for Late Historical Fiction \u003cbr\u003e 2023 Best Book Awards Finalist in Western Fiction sponsored by American Book Fest \u003cbr\u003e National Indie Excellence Award Finalist in Western Fiction \u003cbr\u003e Western Fictioneers Peacemaker Award Finalist for Best First Western Novel of 2023 \u003cbr\u003e Western Fictioneers Peacemaker Award Finalist for Best Western Novel of 2023 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Arizona Territory, 1871. Valeria Obreg?n and her ambitious husband, Ra?l, arrive in the raw frontier town of Tucson hoping to find prosperity. Changing Woman, an Apache spirit who represents the natural order of the world and its cycle of birth, death, and rebirth, welcomes Nest Feather, a twelve-year-old Apache girl, into womanhood in Aravaipa Canyon. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Mexican and Anglo settlers have pushed the Apaches from their lands, and the Apaches carry out raids against them. In turn, the settlers, angered by the failure of the U.S. government and the military to protect them, respond with a murderous raid on an Apache encampment under the protection of the U.S. military at Camp Grant, kidnapping Nest Feather and other Apache children. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In Tucson, while Valeria finds fulfillment in her work as a seamstress, Ra?l struggles to hide from her his role in the bloody attack, and Nest Feather, adopted by a Mexican couple there, tries to hold on to her Apache heritage in a culture that rejects her very being. Against the backdrop of the massacre trial, Valeria and Nest Feather's lives intersect in the church, as Valeria seeks spiritual guidance for the decision she must make and Nest Feather prepares for a Christian baptism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVenetia Hobson Lewis\u003c\/b\u003e worked at several stock brokerages and for almost eighteen years as a corporate paralegal for a motion picture studio. She is the author of several award-winning Western short stories.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bison Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50509038977298,"sku":"9781496235138","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7e48a264-aed0-4c73-8a44-11173e00f659.jpg?v=1730886192","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/changing-woman-a-novel-of-the-camp-grant-massacre-9781496235138","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}