Strands of the adventures of Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer on the Mississippi River echo throughout William Kent Krueger’s lyrical, compassionate “This Tender Land,” in which four children try to escape ...

If you’re familiar with US history then you’ve likely heard the adage “Kill the Indian, Keep the Man.” It’s a phrase that was commonly used when government officials were forcibly separating Native ...

"This Tender Land" opens in 1932 when narrator Odysseus "Odie" O'Banion and his brother Albert endure a constant barrage of brutal treatment at the Lincoln Indian Training School in Minnesota where ...

Moira’s Seattle Times Book Club is now at an even dozen: Our 12th selection, voted on by members, will be William Kent Krueger’s 2019 novel “This Tender Land.” Set in the summer of 1932, the book — a ...