| Old Jules Country: A Selection from Old Jules and Thirty Years of Writing Since the Book Was Published Contributor(s): Sandoz, Mari (Author) |
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ISBN: 0803291361 ISBN-13: 9780803291362 Publisher: Bison Books OUR PRICE: $22.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 1983 Annotation: By zealous research, keen observation, and wide-ranging and deeply probing commentary, Mari Sandoz has become one of the most famous and well-respected interpreters of the American West. Old Jules Country is made up of the region that Sandoz has written about most frequently -- the High Plains of the Dakotas, Montana, Nebraska, and Wyoming -- the Black Hills, the Bad Lands, the sandhills, and the great rivers: the Missouri, the Platte, and the Yellowstone. Here are selections from the six volumes of her acclaimed Great Plains Series -- The Beaver Men, Crazy Horse, Cheyenne Autumn, The Buffalo Hunters, The Cattlemen, and Old Jules -- and from her study of a great people, These Were the Sioux. Also included are two essays, "The Lost Sitting Bull" and "The Homestead in Perspective". A Cheyenne prayer and two sketches unavailable elsewhere -- "Snakes" and "Coyotes and Eagles" -- complete the collection. This anthology provides a stimulating sampling for readers not yet acquainted with Sandoz's work. For her extensive following, it offers the opportunity for a satisfying reappraisal of her overall achievement. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - General |
| Dewey: 978 |
| LCCN: 82016041 |
| Physical Information: 0.72" H x 5.31" W x 7.99" (0.73 lbs) 319 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Plains - Cultural Region - Western U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: By zealous research, keen observation, and wide-ranging and deeply probing commentary, Mari Sandoz has become one of the most famous and well-respected interpreters of the American West. Old Jules Country is made up of the region that Sandoz has written about most frequently -- the High Plains of the Dakotas, Montana, Nebraska, and Wyoming -- the Black Hills, the Bad Lands, the sandhills, and the great rivers: the Missouri, the Platte, and the Yellowstone. Here are selections from the six volumes of her acclaimed Great Plains Series -- The Beaver Men, Crazy Horse, Cheyenne Autumn, The Buffalo Hunters, The Cattlemen, and Old Jules -- and from her study of a great people, These Were the Sioux. Also included are two essays, "The Lost Sitting Bull" and "The Homestead in Perspective". A Cheyenne prayer and two sketches unavailable elsewhere -- "Snakes" and "Coyotes and Eagles" -- complete the collection. This anthology provides a stimulating sampling for readers not yet acquainted with Sandoz's work. For her extensive following, it offers the opportunity for a satisfying reappraisal of her overall achievement. |