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Black Elk : the life of an American visionary

text Black Elk : the life of an American visionary

Summary

"Describes the life of the Native American holy man who fought at Little Big Horn, witnessed the death of his cousin Crazy Horse, traveled to Europe as part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West show and became a traditionalist in the Ghost Dance movement."--NoveList.

Contents
Prologue: "a sort of a preacher" -- If you're not good, the wasichus will get you -- Chosen -- A casualty of the hundred slain -- The great vision -- Resurrection -- The Black Hills -- "It is war" -- When the wasichus come -- Childhood's end -- Th... Read more
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xviiI, 599 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2016

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 921 BLACK ELK JAC in Adult Non-fiction Available

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