Medicine for Wildcat : A Story of the Friendship between a Menominee Indian and Frontier Priest Samuel Mazzuchelli

Of interest to elementary school children as well as to adults, this novel is based on the true story of a missionary priest and a young Menominee Indian in Wisconsin in the 1830s. Wildcat, baptized as Michael, becomes companion and translator for another young man, a saintly frontier priest, the remarkable Father Samuel Mazzuchelli, Order of Preachers. Michael's story is one of conversion and transformation. From a dissolute beginning to a life of dedicated service for his Catholic faith, Michael and his friend, the "Blackrobe," come to life in the vivid narrative recreated here.Dominicans, Sinsinawa is the author of 'Medicine for Wildcat : A Story of the Friendship between a Menominee Indian and Frontier Priest Samuel Mazzuchelli', published 2006 under ISBN 9780977493401 and ISBN 0977493407.