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Too Strong to Be Broken - The Life of Edward J. Driving Hawk (Hardcover) Loot Price: R675
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Too Strong to Be Broken - The Life of Edward J. Driving Hawk (Hardcover): Edward J. Driving Hawk, Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve

Too Strong to Be Broken - The Life of Edward J. Driving Hawk (Hardcover)

Edward J. Driving Hawk, Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve

Series: American Indian Lives

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Too Strong to Be Broken explores the dynamic life of Edward J. Driving Hawk, a Vietnam and Korean War veteran, chairman of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, former president of the National Congress of American Indians, husband, father, recovered alcoholic, and convicted felon. Driving Hawk's story begins with his childhood on the rural plains of South Dakota, then follows him as he travels back and forth to Asia for two wars and journeys across the Midwest and Southwest. In his positions of leadership back in the United States, Driving Hawk acted in the best interest of his community, even when sparring with South Dakota governor Bill Janklow and the FBI. After retiring from public service, he started a construction business and helped create the United States Reservation Bank and Trust. Unfortunately, a key participant in the bank embezzled millions and fled, leaving Driving Hawk to take the blame. Rather than plead guilty to a crime he did not commit, the seventy-four-year-old grandfather went to prison for a year and a day, even as he suffered the debilitating effects of Agent Orange. Driving Hawk fully believes that the spirits of his departed ancestors watched out for him during his twenty-year career in the U.S. Air Force, including his exposure to Agent Orange, and throughout his life as he survived surgeries, strokes, a tornado, a plane crash, and alcoholism. With the help of his sister, Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve, Driving Hawk recounts his life's story alongside his wife, Carmen, and their five children.

General

Imprint: University of Nebraska Press
Country of origin: United States
Series: American Indian Lives
Release date: September 2020
Authors: Edward J. Driving Hawk • Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve
Dimensions: 216 x 140mm (L x W)
Format: Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages: 200
ISBN-13: 978-1-4962-2288-6
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Historical, political & military
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Indigenous peoples
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > Biography > Historical, political & military
LSN: 1-4962-2288-1
Barcode: 9781496222886

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