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BLACK ELK: The Life of an American Visionary by Joe Jackson (2017 TPB){C3}
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- ISBN
- 9781250141255
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Picador
ISBN-10
1250141257
ISBN-13
9781250141255
eBay Product ID (ePID)
235038323
Product Key Features
Book Title
Black Elk : the Life of an American Visionary
Number of Pages
640 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies, Native Americans, Native American
Publication Year
2017
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
20.5 Oz
Item Length
8.9 in
Item Width
6.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
A deeply felt and personal story of loss and change on the plains... the long set piece concerning the Battle of the Little Bighorn is among the very best I've ever read. - David Treuer, The Washington Post "Jackson's deep research shows on every page, and his narrative skill makes this long biography a gripping, even thrilling read... In this book, he helps bring back a crucial American voice."-Kate Tuttle, The Boston Globe
Dewey Decimal
978.004/9752440092
Table Of Content
CONTENTS Dramatis Personae Map Prologue: "A Sort of a Preacher" Part I: If You're Not Good, the Wasichus Will Get You 1. Chosen 2. A Casualty of the Hundred Slain 3. The Great Vision 4. Resurrection 5. The Black Hills 6. "It Is War" 7. When the Wasichus Come Part II: Childhood's End 8. The Burning Road 9. Killing Crazy Horse 10. Grandmother's Land 11. The Fear 12. Dances with Thunder Part III: The Messiah Will Come Again 13. The Land of Darkness 14. The Making of a Medicine Man 15. The "Show Man" 16. The Entrance to Hell 17. La Belle Époque 18. The Messiah Will Come Again 19. Dances with Ghosts 20. Wounded Knee 21. " There Will Be a Better Day to Die" Part IV: "What Is an Indian?" 22. The Underground 347 23. Black Robe Days 361 24. Vanishing Americans 25. Black Elk Speaks 26. Defenders of the Faith 27. Disciples Epilogue: Besieged Time Line Notes Acknowledgments Index
Synopsis
Winner of the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography * Winner of the Society of American Historians Francis Parkman Prize * Winner of the Western Writers of America Spur Award for Best Western Biography * A Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography Named One of the Best Books of the Year by True West (Best Biography) and The Boston Globe Black Elk is the definitive biographical account of a figure whose dramatic life converged with some of the most momentous events in the history of the American West. Born in an era of rising violence between the Sioux, white settlers, and U.S. government troops, Black Elk killed his first man at the Little Bighorn, witnessed the death of his second cousin Crazy Horse, and traveled to Europe with Buffalo Bill's Wild West show. Upon his return, he was swept up in the traditionalist Ghost Dance movement and shaken by the Massacre at Wounded Knee. But Black Elk was not a warrior, instead accepting the path of a healer and holy man, motivated by a powerful prophetic vision that he struggled to understand. In Black Elk , Joe Jackson has crafted a true American epic, restoring to its subject the richness of his times and gorgeously portraying a life of heroism and tragedy, adaptation and endurance, in an era of permanent crisis on the Great Plains., Winner of the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography - Winner of the Society of American Historians Francis Parkman Prize - Winner of the Western Writers of America Spur Award for Best Western Biography - A Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography Named One of the Best Books of the Year by True West (Best Biography) and The Boston Globe Black Elk is the definitive biographical account of a figure whose dramatic life converged with some of the most momentous events in the history of the American West. Born in an era of rising violence between the Sioux, white settlers, and U.S. government troops, Black Elk killed his first man at the Little Bighorn, witnessed the death of his second cousin Crazy Horse, and traveled to Europe with Buffalo Bill's Wild West show. Upon his return, he was swept up in the traditionalist Ghost Dance movement and shaken by the Massacre at Wounded Knee. But Black Elk was not a warrior, instead accepting the path of a healer and holy man, motivated by a powerful prophetic vision that he struggled to understand. In Black Elk , Joe Jackson has crafted a true American epic, restoring to its subject the richness of his times and gorgeously portraying a life of heroism and tragedy, adaptation and endurance, in an era of permanent crisis on the Great Plains.
LC Classification Number
E99.O3
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