A young drifter with a passion for solitude and carpentry, Carlisle McMillan purchases some land near Wolf Butte, South Dakota, a region considered sacred by the Sioux, and sets out to build a
life for himself among the locals, including the beautiful 'witch' Susanna Benteen, until a highway is proposed that will transverse his property and the sacred Wolf Butte. Reprint. 50,000
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