Mari Sandoz

Crazy Horse

The Strange Man of the Oglalas

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Crazy Horse, the legendary military leader of the Oglala Sioux whose social non-conformity contributed to his reputation as being "strange," fought in many famous battles, and held out tirelessly against the US government's efforts to confine the Lakotas to reservations. This book offers an evocation of the spirit of Crazy Horse.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Nebraska Press
• Third Edition
• Seitenzahl: 512
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 138mm x 204mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 538g
• ISBN-13: 9780803217874
• ISBN-10: 0803217870
• Artikelnr.: 23361614

Autorenporträt

Mari Sandoz (1896–1966) is the noted author of Cheyenne Autumn, Old Jules, and The Battle of the Little Bighorn (all available in Bison Books editions).   Vine Deloria Jr. (1933–2005) is the author of many books, including Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto and Red Earth, White Lies: Native Americans and the Myth of Scientific Fact.

Inhaltsangabe

BOOK I - THE LIGHT-HAIRED BOY
1. Cow Tracks on the Holy Road
2. The Coming of the Wagon Guns
3. The Gift of Ears
4. Soldiers on the Blue Water
5. The Great Teton Council
6. The Song of a Good Name
BOOK II - THE GLORIOUS WARRIOR
1. Fat Times for the People
2. Whites Like Rising Flood Waters
3. The Big Year
4. The Hundred in the Hands
5. So Long as Grass Shall Grow
6. Many Things Thrown Away
BOOK III - THE MAN OF THE PEOPLE
1. Marriage and the Death of a Friend
2. Death, and the Thieves' Road
3. The Great Encampment
4. Many Soldiers Falling into Camp
5. The Smoke of Victory Hangs Low
6. Sitting on the White Man's Island
7. A Red Blanket from His Own
WHITE-MAN CHRONOLOGY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
NOTES