| The Wolf at Twilight: An Indian Elder's Journey Through a Land of Ghosts and Shadows Contributor(s): Nerburn, Kent (Author) |
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ISBN: 1577315782 ISBN-13: 9781577315780 Publisher: New World Library OUR PRICE: $17.06 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2009 Annotation: A note left on a car windshield, the death of an old dog, and the author finds himself back on the Lakota reservation where he traveled more than a decade before with the elder, Dan. The touching, funny, and unforgettable journey that ensues takes the reader deep into reservation boarding school mysteries, the dark confines of sweat lodges, and lonely Native homesteads far back in the Dakota hills. With characters including Dan's warrior-hearted friend, Grover, an odd little dog named Charles Bronson, and Big Orv, an elder who went to prison to protect his son, Nerburn's engrossing narrative evokes the Native American way of teaching and learning with a depth that few outsiders ever experience. "The Wolf at Twilight" offers a touching story that forever changes the way readers look at our country, our history, and the people who first inhabited this land. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2009032689 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (0.95 lbs) 368 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A note is left on a car windshield, an old dog dies, and Kent Nerburn finds himself back on the Lakota reservation where he traveled more than a decade before with a tribal elder named Dan. The touching, funny, and haunting journey that ensues goes deep into reservation boarding-school mysteries, the dark confines of sweat lodges, and isolated Native homesteads far back in the Dakota hills in search of ghosts that have haunted Dan since childhood. In this fictionalized account of actual events, Nerburn brings the land of the northern High Plains alive and reveals the Native American way of teaching and learning with a depth that few outsiders have ever captured. |