Mari Sandoz was a foremost Nebraskan author, whose writings delve into the lives of the American West with exceptional detail and historical accuracy. Her prose is marked by a raw honesty and a profound understanding of the experiences of pioneer settlers and the Plains Indians. Sandoz illuminates the rugged realities and quiet resilience of those who shaped the American frontier, exploring their inner thoughts and motivations. Her literary legacy lies in her vivid portrayals of the past and her steadfast commitment to giving voice to the often-overlooked.
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.
In 1867, conservative estimates put the number of buffaloes in the trans- Missouri region at fifteen million. By the end of the 1880s, that figure had dwindled to a few hundred. This title focuses on the destruction of the great herds.
"The Sioux Indians came into my life before I had any preconceived notions about them," writes Mari Sandoz about the visitors to her family homestead in the Sandhills of Nebraska when she was a child. These Were the Sioux , written in her last decade, takes the reader far inside a world of rituals surrounding puberty, courtship, and marriage, as well as the hunt and the battle.
An account of the battle in which General George Armstrong Custer staked his life - and lost - that reveals on every page the author's intimate knowledge of her subject.
By zealous research, keen observation, and wide-ranging and deeply probing commentary, Mari Sandoz has become one of the most famous and well-respected interpreters of the American West. Old Jules Country is made up of the region thatøSandoz has written about most frequently?the High Plains of the Dakotas, Montana, Nebraska, and Wyoming?the Black Hills, the Bad Lands, the sandhills, and the great rivers: the Missouri, the Platte, and the Yellowstone. Here are selections from the six volumes of her acclaimed Great Plains Series The Beaver Men, Crazy Horse, Cheyenne Autumn, The Buffalo Hunters, The Cattlemen, and Old Jules and from her study of a great people, These Were the Sioux. Also included are two essays, "The Lost Sitting Bull" and "The Homestead in Perspective." A Cheyenne prayer and two sketches unavailable elsewhere?"Snakes" and "Coyotes and Eagles"?complete the collection. This anthology provides a stimulating sampling for readers not yet acquainted with Sandoz's work. For her extensive following, it offers the opportunity for a satisfying reappraisal of her overall achievement.
The Strange Man of the Oglala
