Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux
by NEIHARDT, John G
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0803251416
- ISBN 13
- 9780803251410
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
Lincoln: A Bison Book / University of Nebraska Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1971. Softcover. 0803251416 . Stated Fourteenth Bison Book printing, August 1971. Black Elk, the holy man of the Oglala Sioux, tells his life story to poet John G. Neihardt. A second cousin to Crazy Horse, Black Elk was present at both the Battle of the Little Bighorn and the Wounded Knee Massacre. With illustrations by Standing Bear. --- In blue and beige wraps with Standing Bear artwork to cover. --- A clean, tightly-bound copy, though with rubbing to front cover, prior owner's signature to half title and binding is somewhat brittle and susceptible to tearing.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; xv, [3], 281 pages .
Synopsis
Black Elk Speaks is a 1932 book which relates the story of Black Elk, an Oglala Sioux medicine man, as told by John Neihardt. Black Elk's son, Ben Black Elk, translated Black Elk's words from Lakota into English .
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- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 88357
- Title
- Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux
- Author
- NEIHARDT, John G
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0803251416
- ISBN 13
- 9780803251410
- Publisher
- A Bison Book / University of Nebraska Press
- Place of Publication
- Lincoln
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
- 0803251416, BLACK
- Bookseller catalogs
- >>American History & Politics; >>Religion and Spirituality;
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Bluebird Books
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About Bluebird Books
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- Half Title
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- Jacket
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- G
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Octavo
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