Dwier Brown

Years ago, four young men worked together as rafting guides, having fun until the accidental death of one of their friends. Now, the four men are reunited for another whitewater trip, and they learn that each has changed over the years, as they work together to patch up old conflicts.

When Europeans arrived in North America, they encountered the Native people. Contrary to stereotype, American Indians were not simply ferocious warriors or peaceable lovers of the land. They were, like all people, an amalgam: charismatic and forward thinking, imaginative and courageous, compassionate and resolute, and, at times, arrogant, vengeful, and reckless. Native peoples valiantly resisted expulsion from their lands and fought the extinction...