Black Elk Speaks - Softcover

John G. Neihardt

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0671785524 ISBN 13: 9780671785529

Publisher: Pocket Books, 1972

Synopsis

This inspirational and unfailingly powerful story reveals the life and visions of the Lakota healer Nicholas Black Elk and the tragic history of his Sioux people. This premier edition features the first-ever annotated edition of Black Elk's story as well as new commentary, maps, and a revised index. Show Less

About this title

About the Author:

John G. Neihardt (1881–1973) is the author of several classics, including A Cycle of the West and Eagle Voice Remembers, both available in Bison Books editions. He was named Nebraska’s first poet laureate and foremost poet of the nation by the National Poetry Center in 1936.

Review:

“Black Elk Speaks is an extraordinarily human document—and beyond that the record of a profoundly spiritual journey, the pilgrimage of a people toward their historical fulfillment and culmination, toward the accomplishment of a worthy destiny.”—N. Scott Momaday

 

(N. Scott Momaday 2013-10-25)

“An American classic.”—Western Historical Quarterly

 

(Western Historical Quarterly 2013-10-25)

“If any great religious classic has emerged in [the twentieth] century or on this continent, it must certainly be judged in the company of Black Elk Speaks.”—from Vine Deloria Jr.’s foreword

(Vine Deloria Jr. 2013-10-25)

About this edition

• Publisher: Pocket Books
• Publication date: 1972
• ISBN 10: 0671785524
• ISBN 13: 9780671785529
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 238
• Illustrator: Standing Bear