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Crazy Horse: The Strange Man of the Oglalas

First Edition

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Description

Octavo, 428pp. Tan boards, color illustration on cover, spine. Top edge maroon. Price of $3.50 on front flap, dust jacket, nicks along spine, sticker on spine. Uncut pages. Fold out map of “Crazy Horse Country” in fine condition. Signed by the author on front end paper with long dedication.
Comments: Novelist Mari Susette Sandoz was one of the 20th centuries foremost writers on Western pioneer life and the Plains Indians. Originally from Nebraska, she moved to Denver and then New York City after controversial writings about the people of her home state. She is best known for her biography of Crazy Horse, written from the viewpoint of the Lakota Indians, a novel concept at the time.

Additional information

Location Published

New York

Publisher

Alfred A. Knopf

Edition

First Edition

Date Published

1942

Binding

Boards

Condition

Near fine

Jacket Condition

very good

Author

Sandoz, Mari (Signed)