Corporal Rusty
Charles H. Bertram

Rusty tries to visit his white family, but finds he is on a wanted poster as a renegade. He faces being drafted into the Civil War, unless he can prove he is under age eighteen. To prove that means revealing his true name and renegade status. He does end up in the Union army, fights in the war, and when wounded, gets a discharge. He goes to Ireland and rescues his Indian sister Setting Sun. Once back with the Cheyenne he plans to marry Setting Sun after he makes a dangerous trip to the Blackfeet.

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Adventures of Rusty Son of Tall Elk
Charles H. Bertram

Rusty has been with the Cheyenne that adopted him for three years. He fights horse stealing Crow and learns Indian ways, while struggling with questions of identity, white man or red Indian?

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Bikini Wednesday
Charles H. Bertram

Bikini Wednesday: Fatimah wears a bikini to a Malibu beach as a protest to Muslim ideas about women. CUTTING MOTHER IN HALF, like the other ten stories, deals with contemporary issues and humor.

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Rusty Son of Tall Elk
Charles H. Bertram

An innocent game of cowboys and Indians becomes a reality for 10-year-old Russell Weaver when he is captured by Cheyenne Indians in this historical adventure novel. "Rusty" is a bright, red-haired, freckled-faced farm boy from a German-Irish Midwest family, and when Chief Walks Fast sees Rusty's red hair, he adopts the boy. The chief has a daughter of mixed ancestry with fire red hair, and believes it will be strong medicine to raise a boy and a girl with this unusual trait. Rusty's new sister is one inch taller, one year older, and none too pleased about this new rival to her status. Rusty must prove himself to his new sister, make a place for himself in his new family, and adapt to an entirely alien way of life. He discovers a talent for storytelling, and becomes expert in making slings and javelins. Little by little, this pale stranger becomes assimilated into his new tribe, and at age 12 he undergoes a traditional vision quest and vows to stay with the Cheyenne until the age of 16.

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Mortal Coil
Julie Eberhart Painter

Someone is killing little old ladies in Ellen Lange's nursing home. When investigator, Bill Watts, arrives, he realizes that the deaths are connected to two others in the community.

Bill is a Southerner; Ellen was raised in the Midwest. Bill takes to Ellen's daughter, Patti, who has a passion for math and baseball. Ellen falls in love with more than the South as the investigation progresses.

At war with the unscrupulous long-term care facility owners who value profits over people, Ellen sets up a plan to take them down.