Fools Crow Free Audiobook Download by James Welch

The story is set in Montana, around the turn of the 20th century. It opens with a Crow Indian named Cogon (pronounced "Coogan") who decides to leave his tribe on foot and cross the Rocky Mountains for some unknown reason. Every day he was trekking through the harsh landscape, bearing all his worldly possessions on his back and carrying a rifle. In the course of his journey, he meets other characters who become important to him as he progresses: an old Scotch-Irish American Army recruit named Henry; a burly vigilante named Hickory; and a Sioux war party led by Black Elk.

Fools Crow is a dark and haunting story about a young boy's coming of age on an American Indian Reservation in Montana. The narrator, Darrell Dennis, does a brilliant job of capturing the kid's voice with just the right amount of mumble when needed and articulation when words are spoken aloud. It is easy to imagine being in the child's shoes as he learns his culture, his language and more importantly how to survive in the difficult landscape of reservation life.

A young boy named Crow has two different fathers that he lives with. One is his father, who calls him by his real name of William, and the other is a white trader named Lame Deer who took over running their trading post after White Man Dog died. When they return from the market, they find their home completely ransacked. The people in search of them steal not just their supplies, but also their horses, dogs, mule deer meat and even the hide off one of their buffalo.

Fools Crow is a true story based on James Welch's personal experiences as an Ojibwa Indian who, with the help of a spiritual guide, learns how to evade the white man and live in peace with his Native American community. The novel takes place in Canada during the 1890s, it follows the protagonist as he navigates life among the Ojibwe and whites in Northern Manitoba, Canada.

Fools Crow is the first novel by James Welch, a Canadian author. The narrator is an American Indian who has never before met his grandfather. Their meeting on a cold winter night in Canada changes both of their lives

Fools Crow by James Welch is a novel that tells the story of a young boy who learns in his travels with his father to Montana, the harshness of life through observation and experience. The protagonist (Wolf) is called upon to help save a small group of stranded people from starvation. Though he was too young to understand it at the time, Wolf narrowly escaped from a similar situation years before when he was taken captive by the Crow Indians and left unattended in a freezing blizzard.