Hostiles and Friendlies - Selected Short Writings of Mari Sandoz (Paperback, New Ed)

The Nebraska sandhills, their people and the frontier days have been singularly Mari Sandoz' own since Old Jules brought her fame, well-deserved and long in achieving. Just how long- and through what tortuous paths she progressed- is told in the autobiographical section of the book, which is a selection from her short writings. Actually, most of the material used here has autobiographical flavor. She writes of homesteaders and homesteading; she paints vivid pen portraits of her own people- and her neighbors; she tells of her Indian friends and the story tellers who filled her childhood vision. She has a gift of evoking history and personalities, knowns and unknowns, Crazy Horse, the two Sitting Bulls, minor figures that bring to life some of the oddities of the American Indians. In her fiction- short and novelette length- there is first a vital sense of plot and character,and second, a streak of allegory. Good reading here- and first rate Americana. (Kirkus Reviews)

Here in one volume are Mari Sandoz's reminiscences of life in the Sandhills country; a study of the two Sitting Bulls (the Hunkpapa and the Oglala) and other Indian pieces; a novelette, "Bone Joe and the Smokin' Woman"; and nine short stories, mostly with a rural setting, including "The Vine,"" her first to be published. Introduced by an autogiographical sketch of the author's early years and linked by a commentary derived from her letters, articles, and interviews, the separate pieces coalesce into an illuminating picture both of the Niobrara River country and of Mari Sandoz's emergence as a major American writer.

General

Imprint:	University of Nebraska Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	1959
First published:	1959
Authors:	Mari Sandoz
Dimensions:	141 x 215 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade / Trade
Pages:	254
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-8032-9208-6
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Novels, other prose & writers > General Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > General Books > History > American history > General
LSN:	0-8032-9208-2
Barcode:	9780803292086

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