Johnny Eagle, An American Indian - My Best Friend

Johnny Eagle, an Apache Indian and Charley a white boy, become best of
friends at the age of eight. They survive the Great Depression, extreme prejudice
because Johnny is an Indian, intimidation by an infl uential lawyer and his crooked
sheriff, because they witness a murder that involved the lawyer. The boys and their
families are threatened with harm if they mention to anyone what they have seen.
Charley moves to California at the age of thirteen. Years later they meet again when
Charley now in the military recruits Johnny for the military intelligence. Johnny
becomes famous with other agents because of his skills. Disappointed in the people our
government put in charge to replace the corrupt people we overthrew, both men leave
the military in 1955. Charley marries and raises a fine family. Johnny returns to the
mountains he loves and becomes almost a legend to the mountain people he helps.