Happy Hunting Grounds - Hardcover

Vestal, Stanley

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0806111410 ISBN 13: 9780806111414

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press, 1975

Synopsis

Here is a story, in thinly disguised fictional form, of Plains Indians, especially a Cheyenne chief, Whirlwind--his manner of life, his beliefs, and particularly, his love of his son. The villain is a Mandan who is given refuge in the Cheyenne camp and then wreaks havoc with the lives of his hosts. He causes a battle with the Sioux, steals the chief's favorite wife, and slays the chief's young son. Whirlwind's revenge for the death of his beloved son provides a dramatic climax.
Happy Hunting Grounds recaptures Cheyenne life on the plains. The battles, celebrations, and lifeways of the Indians--Sioux, Cheyennes, and Mandans--are accurately and graphically portrayed. This volume is illustrated with drawings and paintings by Frederick Weygold, reflecting his own long association with the Plains tribes.

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Review:

"Vestal is lyrical without growing sentimental, mingling Indian music and ritual into a story of high adventure. A treat."--"New York Times"
"The writing of this story is superb. In perhaps no other book is there as vivid and complete a commentary on Plains Indian camp life and activity."--"Western American Literature"
-Vestal is lyrical without growing sentimental, mingling Indian music and ritual into a story of high adventure. A treat.---New York Times
-The writing of this story is superb. In perhaps no other book is there as vivid and complete a commentary on Plains Indian camp life and activity.---Western American Literature

About the Author:

Stanley Vestal is the pen name of Walter S. Campbell, who up grew up in Southern Cheyenne country. A graduate of Oxford University and longtime Professor of English at the University of Oklahoma, he wrote many distinguished books on American Indians and the West, including Sitting Bull, Champion of the Sioux.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Publication date: 1975
• ISBN 10: 0806111410
• ISBN 13: 9780806111414
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 219