June Rise The Apocryphal Letters of Joseph Antoine Janis

Tremblay, William

ISBN 10: 1555914527 / ISBN 13: 9781555914523

Published by Fulcrum, Golden CO, 2001

About this Item

The imagined epic of an actual fur trapper,a mediator between whites and Sioux during the Plains wars, Antoine Janis, who was married to an Oglala holy woman, revisiting many of the troubling themes, historical actors and decisive events of the 1840s to 1880s West. 233 pages.; 6 x 9 ".

Seller Inventory # 49903

Bibliographic Details

• Title: June Rise The Apocryphal Letters of Joseph Antoine Janis
• Publisher: Fulcrum, Golden CO
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1555914527
• ISBN 13: 9781555914523
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: near fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: near fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Native American

About this title

Synopsis

The June Rise brings to life the true story of Joseph Antoine Janis's visionary transformation from a Missouri farmboy to an advisor to Lakota chief, Red Cloud.

About the Author

Bill Tremblay was born and brought up in the shadow of the mills and factories of Southbridge, Massachusetts. After receiving his M.F.A. from the University of Massachusetts, he moved west to Colorado, where for almost 30 years he has been a professor in the Creative Writing Program at Colorado State University.