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Title: Autobiography of Red Cloud: War Leader of the Oglalas by R. Eli Paul ISBN: 0-917298-50-0 Publisher: Montana Historical Society Pub. Date: 01 January, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Good Portrait of a Brave and Intelligent Warrior.
Comment: This is quick read, but well worth it. On occasion the editor lacks detail, but the content is very useful for anyone seeking a greater grasp of life as an Oglalas Sioux.
Rating: 5
Summary: A valued mirror to the world of the culture, nation & man.
Comment: The story of the rediscovery of The Autobiography Of Red Cloud is told in the introduction. Though much edited, the narrative derives from talks between Red Cloud and Samuel Deon, an old trader friend, recounted to Charles Allen, contemporary postmaster at Pine Ridge. The Autobiography Of Red Cloud spans the life experiences of Red Cloud up to 1865-66, the time when the Oglala chose the war path against whites. Written in the third person and otherwise heavily edited, The Autobiography Of Red Cloud tells much of Oglala life and war practices prior to 1865. These reminiscences detail Red Cloud's experience in war with his Tribe's traditional enemies - Shoshones, Pawnees, Arikaras, Arapaho, and Crow. A vivid picture of Lakota plains life at the height of glory days emerges. The high regard for honorable battle with a worthy adversary, the daily and seasonal patterns and activities of the tribe and many daring exploits establish the foundation for Red Cloud's well deserved reputation as war leader. A picture of a shrewd, astute man with uncanny timing emerges. Also delineated like a war bonnet is the habit of command, not always easily held among the Lakota. Another of Red Cloud's demonstrated skills is the ability to analyze a natural setting and then use it to tactical advantage, as well as to predict the plans and moves of his enemy. The sometimes close relationship between enemy tribes is richly described or inferred. To read The Autobiography Of Red Cloud is to have some experience of that 200 plus year old life of the Plains Indians - hunting buffalo, riding and stealing horses, following the game in season, etc. that so briefly held full flower before white settlement took over. In the aftermath even today, it will be a valuable mirror to the world of the culture, the nation, and the man.
Nancy Lorraine Reviewer
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Title: Crazy Horse: The Strange Man of the Oglalas (50th Anniversary Edition) by Mari Sandoz, Stephen B. Oates ISBN: 0803292112 Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Red Cloud: Warrior-Statesman of the Lakota Sioux (Oklahoma Western Biographies, 13) by Robert W. Larson, Richard W. Etulain ISBN: 0806131896 Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr (Trd) Pub. Date: September, 1999 List Price(USD): $11.58 |
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Title: The Lance and the Shield by Robert Utley ISBN: 0345389387 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 19 July, 1994 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Red Cloud's Folk: A History of the Oglala Sioux Indians by George E. Hyde ISBN: 0806115203 Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr (Trd) Pub. Date: March, 1984 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux by Black Elk, John Gneisenau Neihardt, Nicholas Black Elk, Vine, Jr. Deloria ISBN: 0803261705 Publisher: Bison Bks Corp Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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