Critical acclaim for The Last Comanche Chief
""Truly distinguished. Neeley re-creates the character and achievements of this most significant of all Comanche leaders."" -- Robert M. Utley author of The Lance and the Shield: The Life and Times of Sitting Bull
""A vivid, eyewitness account of life for settlers and Native Americans in those violent and difficult times."" -- Christian Science Monitor
""The special merits of Neeley's work include its reliance on primary sources and illuminating descriptions of interactions among Southern Plains people, Native and white."" -- Library...

Choc Ridgeway is a half-blood Choctaw making his first appearance as a professional rodeo bullfighter. In his mid twenties, Choc is running from a failed marriage to the daughter of a prominent white family in Oklahoma. In the custody of the wife he left behind is his five-year old son. The story unfolds as the physical and emotional journey of the young cowboy shows his adventures in trying to prove himself as a bullfighter with no act except riding bulls backwards at the end of each show. The majority of professional rodeo cowboys today are college educated athletes who rodeo for a living....

Critical acclaim for The Last Comanche Chief
""Truly distinguished. Neeley re-creates the character and achievements of this most significant of all Comanche leaders."" -- Robert M. Utley author of The Lance and the Shield: The Life and Times of Sitting Bull
""A vivid, eyewitness account of life for settlers and Native Americans in those violent and difficult times."" -- Christian Science Monitor
""The special merits of Neeley's work include its reliance on primary sources and illuminating descriptions of interactions among Southern Plains people, Native and white."" -- Library...