【作者简介】斯科特·奥台尔(1903-1989),美国作家。他出生在美国西部开拓时代的洛杉矶,童年时,他的家庭几次搬迁,有时搬到小岛上,有时搬到与墨西哥交界的山里,那里曾经是印第安人聚居的地方。正因为如此,他的大部分小说的内容都与拓荒者、印第安人有关。他的经历十分丰富,曾参加过两次世界大战,是好 About the Author Scott O’Deal (1903-1989), American writer. Born in Los Angeles in the pioneering age of the American West, he was moved by his family several times during his childhood, sometimes on small islands and sometimes in the mountains that border Mexico, where Indians once lived. Because of this, most of his novels involve pioneers and Indians. His experience is very rich, had participated in two world wars, is good