The War Chief's Son: A Novel

Beau Lightfoot is born into a world of isolation and poverty. His mother is an Odawa Indian and his white father is an abusive drunk. When Beau is eleven years old, his mother disappears, never to return. The spirit of Pontiac, The Greatest War Chief Who Ever Lived, appears to Beau and guides him and his sister to sanctuary at the Holy Childhood Indian School in Harbor Springs, Michigan.
As a teenager, Beau is befriended by a wealthy family - although the friendship soon comes at a price. Unexpectedly, receives a football scholarship to the University of Michigan. Unprepared for the world of big time football, Beau struggles to fit in, while avoiding the whirlpool of drugs and sex that was common on college campuses in the 1960s. With Pontiac at his shoulder, Beau fights to lead his team to a championship, copes with the betrayal of his best friend and tries to win the heart of a young woman far above his social class.