Black Elk : the life of an American visionary
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New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016.
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First edition.
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Rapid City Public Library - South Dakota - Adult
SOUTH DAKOTA SD Tribes 978.00497 BLA 2016
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Published
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
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xviii, 599 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 499-564) and index.
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Black Elk, the Native American holy man, is known to millions of readers around the world from his 1932 testimonial,Black Elk Speaks. Adapted by the poet John Neihardt from a series of interviews, it is one of the most widely read and admired works of American Indian literature. Cryptic and deeply personal, it has been read as a spiritual guide, a philosophical manifesto, and a text to be deconstructed--while the historical Black Elk has faded from view. In this sweeping book, Joe Jackson provides 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, Black Elk killed his first man at Little Big Horn, 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 and instead choose the path of a healer and holy man, motivated by a powerful prophetic vision that haunted and inspired him, even after he converted to Catholicism in his later years. In The Sacred Tree Is Dead, Jackson has crafted a true American epic, restoring to Black Elk 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.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Jackson, J. (2016). Black Elk: the life of an American visionary (First edition.). Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Jackson, Joe, 1955-. 2016. Black Elk: The Life of an American Visionary. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Jackson, Joe, 1955-. Black Elk: The Life of an American Visionary Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Jackson, Joe. Black Elk: The Life of an American Visionary First edition., Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016.

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