Strands of the adventures of Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer on the Mississippi River echo throughout William Kent Krueger’s lyrical, compassionate “This Tender Land,” in which four children try to escape ...

"This Tender Land" opens in 1932 when narrator Odysseus "Odie" O'Banion and his brother Albert endure a constant barrage of brutal treatment at the Lincoln Indian Training School in Minnesota where ...

If you’re familiar with US history then you’ve likely heard the adage “Kill the Indian, Keep the Man.” It’s a phrase that was commonly used when government officials were forcibly separating Native ...

“If we were perfect, the light he shines on us would just bounce right off. But the wrinkles, they catch the light. And the cracks, that’s how the light gets inside us. When I pray, Odie, I never pray ...

From the author of the heartwarming novel, Ordinary Grace is yet another work of art entitled This Tender Land. William Kent Kruegers second stand-alone, an instant New York Times Bestseller, is set ...