Zeke and Ned by Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana is a 478-page hardcover published by Simon & Schuster, 1997.  The overall condition of both the dust jacket and book is pristine, with no signs of wear.  The condition is near-fine. 

Book Summary

In Zeke and Ned, Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana have written an American masterpiece:  funny exuberant, compelling, violent, and tragic.

Set in the Cherokee Nation not long after the Civil War, Zeke and Ned is the story of Ezekiel Proctor and Ned Christie, the last Cherokee warriors, living men whose story is not merely legend, but history--their fates a consequence of the brutal policies which produced the Trail of Tears.

As a child, Zeke Proctor walked the Trail of Tears from Georgia to the Indian Territory west of Arkansas, acquiring through that bitter struggle a fierce loyalty to the Cherokee way.  Though a family man and a respected member of the Cherokee Senate, Zeke the man is an adventurous charmer, with a fatally roving eye.

Ned Christie is tall and charismatic, with waist-length hair and a high-cheekboned handsomeness that appeal to women all over the Going Snake District.  But Ned's heart is set on one women:  Jewel Sixkiller Proctor, Zeke's beautiful young daughter.  And Ned's long and determined resistance to the relentless pressure of white law unwittingly makes him a hero to the Cherokee people. 

Zeke and Ned is a powerful, affecting novel dramatizing the long Cherokee struggle against white authority.  It is, ultimately, a moving tale about love, honour, loyalty, heroism, and the human condition.