Dances with Wolves

by Michael Blake · first published 1986

Dances With Wolves is a 1988 American Civil War novel by Michael Blake. Originally written as an unsold spec script, it was converted into a novel at the behest of Kevin Costner; it was adapted into a film of the same name, directed by Costner, in 1990. Set during the Civil War, the protagonist, U.S. Army Lieutenant John Dunbar, is sent to establish an outpost in the unsettled West but finds himself stranded when his wagoner is killed. Isolated and increasingly haunted by his memories of war, Dunbar abandons his post and settles with a tribe of Comanche people he has befriended, soon taking the name "Dances With Wolves".

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Original language:

English

Year page:

1986