Black Elk displays a Gump-like tendency to rub shoulders with the famous, most notably when he joins Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show and finds himself in England performing for Queen Victoria." There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. [It] rattled me . his research has rewards, shifting in subtle ways the stories we thought we knew." . Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. But Black Elk was not a warrior, instead accepting the path of a healer and holy man, motivated by a powerful prophetic vision that he struggled to understand.  US$28.99, US$15.39 His writing has this way of providing context for the events surrounding Black Elk's life without being tedious. . --David Treuer, The Washington Post. We hear of struggles within subsequent generations over his legacy and Lakota identity more generally." . Jackson’s biography . . Joe Jackson does a magnificent job of relating, explaining and commenting on [Black Elk’s] life in what is by far the most comprehensive biography of its subject to date. We not only lea, Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2017. —Robert M. Utley, author of The Lance and the Shield: The Life and Times of Sitting Bull"In Black Elk, Joe Jackson paints a vivid portrait of a figure that has often been shrouded in shadows. . With storytelling mastery so compelling you literally see and feel the experiences shared. . Find all the books, read about the author, and more. [Black Elk's] fate was to survive a rolling catastrophe with eyes wide open, his luck also his curse." . . It's a colorful story, too . Unable to add item to List. . —Tom Beer, Newsday "Joe Jackson has penned an extraordinary history of Lakota warfare with the United States wrapped around a thorough biography of the legendary Black Elk. Black Elk is an unapologetically sympathetic biography, for all its wide-ranging source-work. It’s a long read, but well worth it. In this book, he helps bring back a crucial American voice." controversies." Cryptic and deeply personal, it has been read as a spiritual guide, a philosophical manifesto, and a text to be deconstructed—while the historical Black Elk has faded from view.In this sweeping book, Joe Jackson provides the definitive biographical account of a figure whose dramatic life converged with some of the most momentous events in the history of the American West. Jackson's prodigiously researched narrative excels at parsing . He brilliantly frames it with an incisive discussion of the creation of John Neihardt’s 1932 as-told-to-book, Black Elk Speaks.  US$23.00, US$20.19 . —Steve Donoghue, Open Letters Monthly"The holy man reconstructed in this nuanced, revisionist story was . 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