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FOOLS CROW
by MAILS, THOMAS E
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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Greencastle, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Garden City: Doubleday & Company Inc., 1979., 1979. First edition. First Edition. Boards with Cloth spine. 278pp. Illustrated by author. The story of Frank Fools Crow, Ceremonial Chief of the Teton Sioux. His struggles to maintain ancient tribal traditions in an increasingly modern society. A fine copy in near fine dust jacket. Thomas E. Mails was interviewed on WCCO TV-St. Paul, MN, in 1979, discussing this book. Mails wrote a presentation inscription on the endpaper and front free endpaper to each of the TV interviewers, Bill Carlson and Nancy Nelson. Each is complimented with a half page drawing with Mails stylized signature.
Synopsis
Fools Crow is a novel written by author James Welch. Set in Montana shortly after the Civil War, this novel tells of Fools Crow, a young Blackfoot Indian on the verge of manhood, and his tribe, known as the Lone Eaters. The invasion of white society threatens to change their traditional way of life, and they must choose to fight or assimilate. The story is a powerful portrait of a fading of way of life. The story culminates with the Marias Massacre of 1870 in which the U.S.
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- Bookseller
- BUCKINGHAM BOOKS
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 50645
- Title
- FOOLS CROW
- Author
- MAILS, THOMAS E
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company Inc., 1979.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1979
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BUCKINGHAM BOOKS
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About BUCKINGHAM BOOKS
Buckingham Books specializes in new, used and rare books dealing with Mystery and Western Americana. Books in the mystery field include not only Mystery, but also Detective, Espionage, and Adventure Fiction. Our Western Americana Section offers books about the development of the American West. All books in our inventory are First Editions unless clearly stated otherwise.
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