Neither Wolf Nor Dog: On Forgotten Roads with an Indian Elder (Canons) - Softcover

Nerburn, Kent

Softcover

ISBN 10: 178689016X ISBN 13: 9781786890160

Publisher: Canongate Canons, 2017

Synopsis

With an introduction by Robert Plant

Against an unflinching backdrop of 90s reservation life in the western Dakotas, Neither Wolf Nor Dog tells the story of two men, one white and one Native American Indian, connected by their own understandings of life yet struggling to find a common voice.

As they journey together through small Native American Indian towns and down forgotten roads where the whisperings of the wind speak of ancestral voices, these two men will travel beyond myth and stereotype, revealing an America few people ever get to see.

About this title

Review:

"A rare invocation of pure spirit. I loved it like an old song. If timeless reading pleasure and new discoveries are your thing, get this book" (Andrew O'Hagan)

"Neither Wolf Nor Dog is a book of revelation . . . a true-life fable and a provocative call" (Robert Plant)

From the Author:

"Jack Kerouac meets Black Elk Speaks"
This is not an ordinary book. I will say, simply, that no book will get a non-Indian reader closer to the heart of the Native American experience. I was lucky to get this book, and I feel that it is a gift that I am fortunate to pass along. To my native friends: Trust me. See if my words speak the truth. To my non-Indian friends: Take this journey and see if your eyes and hearts are not opened in a way that is beyond your imagining. This is not some Lynn Andrews foolishness, or some silly fantasy Australian walkabout. This is a real truth -- at once harsh, beautiful, profound, and necessary -- about the lives and spirits of those to whom this land was originally given. You will not look at America in the same way ever again. That is my promise.

About this edition

• Publisher: Canongate Canons
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 178689016X
• ISBN 13: 9781786890160
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352