Plenty-Coups, Chief of the Crows

Linderman, Frank B.

ISBN 10: 0803251211 / ISBN 13: 9780803251212

Published by University of Nebraska Press (Bi, 1962

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Synopsis:

"Provides an insight into Indian culture that can never again be captured." - "American Book Collector". In his old age the last hereditary chief of the Crow Indians told the exciting story of his life to Frank B. Linderman, the well-known western writer who had befriended him. Originally published in 1930, "Plenty-coups: Chief of the Crows" is recognized as a classic account of the Plains Indian's vanished way of life. The great chief speaks eloquently of the highlights of his own life: his medicine dream, his late marriage, the death of General Custer. But, significantly, he refuses to speak of the time after the passing of the buffalo. "Linderman scores a major triumph in translating these vivid recollections into a genuine record of Indian life," wrote the reviewer for Arizona and the West. Frank B. Linderman is the author of "Pretty-shield: Medicine Woman of the Crows", available as a Bison Book.

Review: "All my life I have tried to learn as the Chickadee learns, by listening,―profiting by the mistakes of others, that I might help my people. . . . My whole thought is of my people. I want them to be healthy, to become again the race they have been."―Plenty Coups (Plenty Coups)

"An exciting account by one of the last great chiefs."―Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles Times)

"The eloquent memoir . . . is one of the best of the Indian autobiographies."―American Heritage (American Heritage)

Bibliographic Details

Title: Plenty-Coups, Chief of the Crows
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press (Bi
Publication Date: 1962
Binding: paperback
Illustrator: Stoops, H.M.
Condition: Very Good