- It
- had
- been
- a
- long
- snowy
- winter
- and
- spring.
- The
- rivers
- were
- late
- rising,
- and
- the
- mountains
- held
- onto
- a
- pure
- white
- snow-cover.
- Rain
- fell
- upon
- the
- deep
- winter
- snow
- the
- day
- before
- the
- Flood
- of
- '64.
- Waters
- rose,
- the
- rivers
- raged.
- The
- dam
- failed
- to
- hold
- the
- Birch
- Creek
- flow,
- and
- broke,
- giving
- way
- to
- a
- wall
- of
- water
- and
- drowning
- the
- Indians.Veterinarian
- Alphonse
- Vallerone
- dreams
- out
- this
- novel
- of
- dreamers
- dreaming.
- He
- goes
- back
- 50
- years
- to
- the
- day
- after
- the
- Flood,
- when
- he
- assisted
- the
- surviving
- Indians.
- Riding
- from
- one
- devastated
- ranch
- to
- another,
- he
- tends
- to
- the
- surviving
- yet
- devastated
- animals
- and
- tries
- to
- mend
- the
- grief
- wrought
- by
- the
- Flood.Underpinned
- by
- the
- lingering
- and
- harsh
- reminders
- of
- the
- Blackfeet
- Nation’s
- heroic,
- tragic,
- and
- vibrant
- past,
- Gustafson’s
- third
- novel
- chronicles
- the
- heartrending
- drama
- of
- the
- Blackfeet
- people.Swift
- Dam
- celebrates
- the
- native
- land
- and
- the
- Natives
- who
- survive
- as
- they
- have
- survived
- throughout
- time,
- perilously.
- It
- is
- the
- story
- of
- a
- veterinarian
- who
- attempts
- to
- sustain
- and
- nurture
- life
- on
- the
- land,
- his
- empathy
- with
- the
- living,
- and
- his
- sympathy
- for
- the
- dead
- and dying.
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