Zeke and Ned

By Larry McMurtry, Diana Ossana

Categories: Literature & Fiction

Zeke and Ned is a 1997 historical novel by Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana, who later won an Academy Award together for the screenplay of Brokeback Mountain. It is set in Indian Territory after the Civil War. The novel follows Ezekiel Proctor and Ned Christie, two Cherokee men in what is now Oklahoma. After a shooting at a trial leaves several men dead, they come into conflict with federal marshals, leading to a long resistance that ends in tragedy. It is based on real events of the 1870s and 1880s.

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