(widely known by its original English title, Dances with Wolves ) is a seminal 1988 historical fiction novel by Michael Blake . Set against the backdrop of the American Civil War and the expansion into the Western frontier, the story follows Lieutenant John Dunbar’s transformative journey from a war-weary Union soldier to a member of the Comanche people. Core Narrative and Context
: In 1863, after a heroic but near-suicidal charge in a Civil War battle, Lieutenant John Dunbar requests a post on the remote frontier to see it "before it's gone". He arrives at the desolate and abandoned Fort Sedgewick , where he initially finds only the companionship of his horse, Cisco, and a lone wolf he names Two Socks.
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