Joseph M Marshall

Broschiertes Buch

The Wolf and the Crow

Beschreibung

Prominent Redoubt County rancher Hal Lamar and retired Smokey River Bureau of Indian Affairs Agency Superintendent William Black Spotted Horse could not be more different. Forced to travel to a different continent to cooperate in a daring rescue mission in Argentina when their beloved mutual granddaughter is kidnapped, Hal and William must put aside their dislike and mistrust of one another to face a common enemy. The plot involves rectifying illegal taking of Indian lands, battling a South American drug cartel, and the uneasy relations between cultures on different sides of history. With a child's life at stake, the two men must learn to trust each other with their own lives as they race against a woman's intricate plan to avenge her father's self-exile in Argentina as a result of family complications. Set against the backdrop of a Lakota Indian Reservation in South Dakota, readers are introduced to some of the challenges of growing up Native in the United States and the ways in which indigenous people have been taken advantage of. The book also shares some of the unique skills and knowledge that have enabled the Lakota to survive economic and societal inequities. One of the characters is a medicine man and his contributions to the rescue mission are as important as the technical aspects that allow Hal and William to keep in touch with each other and their family members. Based on Joseph Marshall's own Native survival skills learned from his Lakota grandparents who raised him, as well as his culture's storytelling tradition, The Wolf and the Crow is cinematic in its descriptive detail and sharp dialogue. One can easily imagine this story as a movie, which is true of all Marshall's contemporary fiction. As the narrative unfolds, readers will feel they are on a journey that is both tense and tender, which is this author's gift.

Autor

Award-winning Sicangu Oglala Lakota author and historian, Joseph M. Marshall III, PhD, is one of the most prolific Native writers in the United States. Raised by his maternal grandparents in a traditional Native household on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota, he has written eighteen historical fiction and nonfiction books and narrated his own audio books. He is best known for award-winners "The Lakota Way," "The Journey of Crazy Horse," and "The Day the World Ended at Little Bighorn." His work is informed by his background as a Lakota craftsman, who makes his own Native Lakota bows and arrows; a skilled archer; and specialist in wilderness survival. The accounts of real historical figures along with the events that he experienced on the reservation and heard as a child from his grandparents and their generation of oral storytellers figure prominently in his books. His Native name, given to him at age five, is Ohitiya Otanin, which means "his courage is known." Marshall's accomplishments include co-founding Sinte Gleska University on the Rosebud Reservation; teaching; public speaking; mentoring of indigenous youth; and serving on the Board of Directors of Lakota Youth Development, Inc. He has been a teacher at the high school level and a professor at several colleges and universities, where he taught Native culture, Lakota language and history. He often lectures and speaks on Native issues and topics. In 2022 he received Crazy Horse Memorial® Foundation Educator of the Year Award for his lifelong leadership in education and the impact that he continues to make on Indigenous youth and communities. Marshall has served as a cultural and historical consultant and technical advisor on films, television series and documentaries. He appeared as an actor in the television mini-series "Return to Lonesome Dove" and "Into the West" as well in documentaries and film. In 2023, he received the Owen Wister Award by Western Writers of America for lifetime contributions to Western literature and was inducted into the Western Writers Hall of Fame.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lucid House Publishing LLC
• Seitenzahl: 446
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 642g
• ISBN-13: 9781950495528
• ISBN-10: 1950495523
• Artikelnr.: 71819963