[Danny Blackgoat 01] • Danny Blackgoat, Navajo Prisoner

Danny Blackgoat is a teenager in Navajo country when soldiers burn down his

home, kill his sheep and capture his family. During the Long Walk of 1864,

Danny is labeled a troublemaker and given the name Fire Eye. Refusing to

accept captivity, he is sent to Fort Davis, Texas, a Civil War prisoner

outpost. There he battles bullying fellow prisoners, rattlesnakes and abusive

soldiers until he meets Jim Davis. Jim teaches Danny how to hold his anger and

starts him on the road to literacy. In a stunning climax, Jim--who builds

coffins for the dead--aids Danny in a daring and dangerous escape. Set in

troubled times, "Danny Blackgoat" is the story of one boy's hunger to be free

"and" be Navajo.