An epic multi-century chronicle of the American West, tracing Native peoples, settlers, ranchers, and immigrants who shape a Colorado frontier town.
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An epic multi-century chronicle of the American West, tracing Native peoples, settlers, ranchers, and immigrants who shape a Colorado frontier town.
A stunning panorama of the West, CENTENNIAL is an enthralling celebration of our country, brimming with the glory and the greatness of the American past that only bestselling author James Michener could bring to stunning life. From the Native Americans, the migrating white men and women, the cowboys, and the foreigners, it is a story of trappers, traders, homesteaders, gold seekers, ranchers, and hunters--all caught up in the dramatic events and violent conflicts that shaped the destiny of our l...
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Multiple marriages and affairs across eras; some on-page intimacy, not highly explicit
Frontier battles, massacres, scalping, range wars, and murders shown in detail
Period-appropriate swearing and rough frontier language recur throughout
Frequent drinking among trappers, cowboys, and settlers; saloon culture
No LGBTQ+ content depicted
Native spirituality plus Christian settlers and missionaries; recurring practices
No magic or witchcraft elements
No occult or demonology content
Central themes of expansion, Native displacement, immigration, and land rights
No evidence found in available sources
Massacres, forced displacement, labor exploitation, and frontier cruelty depicted
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