Black Elk : the life of an American visionary

Jackson, Joe 1955- (author.).

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"--

Record details

ISBN: 9780374253301
ISBN: 0374253307
ISBN: 9780374709617
Physical Description: print
xviii, 599 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016.
Copyright: ©2016

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [499]-564) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Prologue: "A sort of a preacher" -- Part I: 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 -- Part II: Childhood's end. The burning road ; Killing Crazy Horse ; Grandmother's land ; The fear ; Dances with thunder -- Part III: The messiah will come again. The land of darkness ; The making of a medicine man ; The "show man" ; The entrance to hell ; La belle époque ; The messiah will come again ; Dances with ghosts ; Wounded Knee ; "There will be a better day to die" -- Part IV: "What is an Indian?". The underground ; Black robe days ; Vanishing Americans ; Black Elk speaks ; Defenders of the faith ; Disciples -- Epilogue: Besieged.