The ''Buckskin Man Tales'' is a series of five
Western novels by American author
Frederick Manfred
Frederick Feikema Manfred (January 6, 1912 – September 7, 1994) was an American writer of Westerns, very much connected to his native region: the American Midwest, and the prairies of the West. He named the area where the borders of Minnesota, ...
which traces themes through the 19th-century
Great Plains. Each novel is set in a different time and place on the American frontier, with most of them telling fictionalized stories about real historical people and events. In order of publication, the books are:
* ''
Lord Grizzly'' (1954), set around 1820–1825
* ''
Riders of Judgment'' (1957), set in 1892
* ''
Conquering Horse'' (1959), set before 1800
* ''
Scarlet Plume
''Scarlet Plume'' is a novel by Frederick Manfred, the fourth in The Buckskin Man Tales. The Dakota War of 1862
The Dakota War of 1862, also known as the Sioux Uprising, the Dakota Uprising, the Sioux Outbreak of 1862, the Dakota Conflict ...
'' (1964), set in 1862–1863
* ''
King of Spades
The king of spades is a playing card in the standard 52-card deck.
King of Spades may also refer to:
* ''King of Spades'' (novel), a 1966 novel by Frederick Manfred, the fourth book in ''The Buckskin Man Tales'' series
* King of Spades, a fiction ...
'' (1965), set in 1860–1876
Novel series
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