wyszukanych pozycji: 26
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Eagle Voice Remembers : An Authentic Tale of the Old Sioux World
ISBN: 9780803236288 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Eagle Voice Remembers] is John Neihardt s mature and reflective interpretation of the old Sioux way of life. He served as a translator of the Sioux past, whose audience has proved not to be limited by space or time. Through his writings, Black Elk, Eagle Elk, and other old men who were of that last generation of Sioux to have participated in the old buffalo-hunting life and the disorienting period of strife with the U.S. Army found a literary voice. What they said chronicles a dramatic transition in the life of the Plains Indians; the record of their thoughts, interpreted by Neihardt,...
Eagle Voice Remembers] is John Neihardt s mature and reflective interpretation of the old Sioux way of life. He served as a translator of the ...
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77,21 zł |
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Mluví Černý jelen
ISBN: 9788075116536 / Czeski / Miękka / 2021 / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Na pozadí příběhu Černého jelena chtěl John G. Neihardt popsat tragický zápas severoamerických indiánů s neúprosně postupující mašinérií vyspělé civilizace bílých lidí. Indiáni nebojovali pouze za své území, ale také za zachování původního způsobu života. Kniha Mluví Černý jelen ponechává osobní tón indiánského vyprávěče, a ten se tak stává mluvčím a zároveň symbolem Lakotů a prérijních indiánů vůbec. Svým životem ztělesnil postupnou porážku lakotského světa. Neihardt doufal, že popisem marného a tragického boje se mu...
Na pozadí příběhu Černého jelena chtěl John G. Neihardt popsat tragický zápas severoamerických indiánů s neúprosně postupující mašin...
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60,08 zł |
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Laureate Address of John G. Neihardt
ISBN: 9781530447107 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 50 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Laureate Address of John G. Neihardt by John G. Neihardt. This book is a reproduction of the original book published in 1921 and may have some imperfections such as marks or hand-written notes.
Laureate Address of John G. Neihardt by John G. Neihardt. This book is a reproduction of the original book published in 1921 and may have some imperfe...
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93,68 zł |
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The Ancient Memory and Other Stories (Revised)
ISBN: 9780803283749 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 230 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Death-defying and vulnerable fur-traders and Indians, demi-devils and almost-angels, and other complex personalities come fully to life in The Ancient Memory, which completes the collecting of John G. Neihardt's early short fiction begun with The End of the Dream and Other Stories. Originally published in popular magazines between 1905 and 1908, these stories about the American frontier illustrated Neihardt's artistry in the short form and foreshadow the themes, situations, and characterizations of his later, better-known work. Although two of the Indian stories, the ironic...
Death-defying and vulnerable fur-traders and Indians, demi-devils and almost-angels, and other complex personalities come fully to life in The Anci...
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81,28 zł |
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Two Mothers
ISBN: 9781542483605 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 38 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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29,90 zł |
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Life's Lure
ISBN: 9780803233331 / Angielski / Twarda / 1991 / 277 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Coming four years after The Dawn Builder (1910), John G. Neihardt's second novel portrays the lives of Black Hills miners and of those who preyed on them. Life's Lure takes up a theme that runs throughout Neihardt's work: the consequences of an inordinate desire for wealth.
The protagonists come in sets of three. On one hand there are Samuel Drake, a hapless thirty-year-old who has just squandered his inheritance in a Deadwood card game; his fickle wife Joy; and Louis Devlin, a smooth-talking, fast-fingered gentleman gambler. Devlin is not above talking about philosophy; he... Coming four years after The Dawn Builder (1910), John G. Neihardt's second novel portrays the lives of Black Hills miners and of those who prey...
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227,14 zł |
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Knowledge and Opinion: Essays and Literary Criticism of John G. Neihardt
ISBN: 9780803283817 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. How important were Sioux authors such as Charles Eastman in the opinion of the writer responsible for Black Elk Speaks? What will be the legacy of modern poetry according to the poet behind The Cycle of the West? Knowledge and Opinion offers an unparalleled glimpse into the social and literary thought of John G. Neihardt (1881 1973), one of America's most celebrated poets and authors. A wealth of little-known essays and reviews deepen and round out our appreciation for the accomplishments of Neihardt by revealing his no-nonsense opinions about noted literary figures and...
How important were Sioux authors such as Charles Eastman in the opinion of the writer responsible for Black Elk Speaks? What will be the legacy...
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201,89 zł |
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All Is But a Beginning: Youth Remembered, 1881-1901
ISBN: 9780803283558 / Angielski / Miękka / 1986 / 173 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. John Neihardt, celebrated for his cycle of epic poems about the American West and for BlackElk Speaks, was in his nineties when he wrote this engaging book about growing up in the Midwest. All Is But a Beginning describes the people and events instrumental in shaping his later distinguished career as a poet; historian, and authority on Indians."
John Neihardt, celebrated for his cycle of epic poems about the American West and for BlackElk Speaks, was in his nineties when he wrote this engaging...
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85,75 zł |
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The Dawn-Builder
ISBN: 9780803233300 / Angielski / Twarda / 1991 / 335 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The Dawn Builder, originally published in 1910, was John G. Neihardt s first novel. At the center of it is a one-eyed, peg-legged man named Waters. He comes to Fort Calhoun, Nebraska Territory, in 1862 and drinks himself into a hole when he isn t setting type on the town newspaper. Because his thirst is metaphysical as well, he only temporarily loses sight of the possibility of happiness, of building his own dawn. Like all memorable characters, Waters can t be contained on the page. Isolated by his physical ugliness, marked by loneliness not yet deadened by silence, compromised by his...
The Dawn Builder, originally published in 1910, was John G. Neihardt s first novel. At the center of it is a one-eyed, peg-legged man named Wat...
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227,14 zł |
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Indian Tales and Others
ISBN: 9780803283589 / Angielski / Miękka / 1988 / 306 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Before Black Elk Speaks, before his epic poem A Cycle of the West, John G. Neihardt wrote many short stories that found favor with readers and critics. Among his best were the seventeen collected in Indian Tales and Others in 1926 and now available for the first time in paperback. "The Singer of the Ache," considered Neihardt's highest achievement in short fiction, portrays young Moon-Walker's quest for supernatural powers achieved at a price.
Other Indian tales include "The Look in the Face," one of many about a social outcast; "The White Wakunda," about a Christ... Before Black Elk Speaks, before his epic poem A Cycle of the West, John G. Neihardt wrote many short stories that found favor with reade...
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89,63 zł |
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A Cycle of the West: The Song of Three Friends, the Song of Hugh Glass, the Song of Jed Smith, the Song of the Indian Wars, the Song of the
ISBN: 9781496206374 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 780 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Presents a sweeping saga of the American West and John G. Neihardt's exhilarating vision of frontier history. It is infused with wonder, nostalgia, and a keen appreciation of epic history. Unquestionably the masterpiece of the poet who has been called the ""American Homer", A Cycle of the West celebrates the land and legends of the Old West in five narrative poems.
Presents a sweeping saga of the American West and John G. Neihardt's exhilarating vision of frontier history. It is infused with wonder, nostalgia, an...
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183,13 zł |
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The River and I
ISBN: 9781502459077 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 56 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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29,90 zł |
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The Splendid Wayfaring: The story of the exploits and adventures of Jedediah Smith and his comrades, the Ashley-Henry men, discoverers and exp
ISBN: 9781449978495 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 342 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The Splendid Wayfaring is excellent as supplementary reading in history classes and a wonderful book for the young reader who wants adventure. This is the story of the opening of the Central route from the Missouri to the Pacific, 1822-1831, and centers on the explorer Jedediah Smith. The author has drawn his material from Dale's The Ashley-Smith explorations and from original documents.
The Splendid Wayfaring is excellent as supplementary reading in history classes and a wonderful book for the young reader who wants adventure. This is...
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59,63 zł |
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Black Elk Speaks
ISBN: 9780803283916 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 424 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Black Elk Speaks, the story of the Oglala Lakota visionary and healer Nicholas Black Elk (1863-1950) and his people during momentous twilight years of the nineteenth century, offers readers much more than a precious glimpse of a vanished time. Black Elk's searing visions of the unity of humanity and Earth, conveyed by John G. Neihardt, have made this book a classic that crosses multiple genres. Whether appreciated as the poignant tale of a Lakota life, as a history of a Native nation, or as an enduring spiritual testament, Black Elk Speaks is unforgettable.
Black... Black Elk Speaks, the story of the Oglala Lakota visionary and healer Nicholas Black Elk (1863-1950) and his people during momentous twiligh... |
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70,61 zł |
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The Splendid Wayfaring
ISBN: 9780803257238 / Angielski / Miękka / 1970 / 290 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. With the publication of The Splendid Wayfaring in 1920, John G. Neihardt sought to restore the reputation of a mountain man who went far in opening up the American West. The exciting narrative begins in 1822, when Smith ascended the Missouri River in the first fur-trading expedition of William H. Ashley and Andrew Henry, and ends in 1831, when he was killed by Comanche Indians on the Cimarron River. In the intervening years Smith became the first explorer to recognize South Pass as the gateway to the Far West, the first overlander to reach California and travel up the... With the publication of The Splendid Wayfaring in 1920, John G. Neihardt sought to restore the reputation of a mountain man who w... |
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101,65 zł |
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Patterns and Coincidences: A Sequel to All Is But a Beginning
ISBN: 9780803233126 / Angielski / Twarda / 1985 / 123 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. This volume is a continuation of the autobiography of John G. Neihardt All Is But a Beginning offering a final glimpse into his fascinating life. Covering the years 1901-1908, he weaves a mosaic of personal fulfillment, joy and sorrow, reflecting on thesuccesses and failures he experienced during his "mature" years. As only he could, Neihardt shares a mingling of romantic anecdotes alive with names and faces he sought out or fought for along the way.
Writing with warmth and sensitivity, the late Poet Laureate of Nebraska tells of his early newspaper days, his struggle to write... This volume is a continuation of the autobiography of John G. Neihardt All Is But a Beginning offering a final glimpse into his fascinating lif...
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111,00 zł |
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Man-Song
ISBN: 9780803233324 / Angielski / Twarda / 1992 / 117 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Originally published just months after his marriage to Mona Martinsen, the poems collected in Man-Song celebrate passionate love and offer many personal glimpses of the young John Neihardt.Unashamedly erotic, they reveal his capacity for love at age twenty-eight.Poems like "A Vision of Woman" and "Women-Wine" show the lover's prejudices and greedy need for caresses and strong embraces. Those like "To Volney Streamer" are addressed to male friends and anticipate the theme of male bonding that runs throughout his work. Because passion takes various forms, Man-Song also include...
Originally published just months after his marriage to Mona Martinsen, the poems collected in Man-Song celebrate passionate love and offer many...
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227,14 zł |
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The Twilight of the Sioux
ISBN: 9780803257344 / Angielski / Miękka / 1971 / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The second volume of A Cycle of the West, dealing with the tragic defeat of the Plains Indians, includes The Song of the Indian Wars (1925) and The Song of the Messiah (1935). The former tells of "the period of migration and the last great fight for the bison pastures between the invading white race and the Sioux, the Cheyenne, and the Arapahoe," while the latter concerns "the conquered people and the worldly end of the last great dream." It closes with the battle of Wounded Knee, ending Indian resistance on the Plains. The second volume of A Cycle of the West, dealing with the tragic defeat of the Plains Indians, includes The Song of the Indian Wars ... |
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89,63 zł |
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Lyric and Dramatic Poems of John G. Neihardt
ISBN: 9780803233294 / Angielski / Twarda / 1991 / 239 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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151,37 zł |
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The Giving Earth: A John G. Neihardt Reader
ISBN: 9780803283732 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 301 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Internationally known for Black Elk Speaks and A Cycle of the West, John G. Neihardt (1881-1973) wrote in almost all major genres: fiction, lyric and epic poetry, biography, autobiography, travelogue, literary criticism, and the familiar essay. The Giving Earth includes nearly forty selections representing every phase of Neihardt's art, from the passionate poetry of his youth to the masterworks of his maturity to the lapidary reflections of his old age. In her introduction, Hilda Neihardt, who was with her father when he interviewed Black Elk at Pine Ridge, provides many personal details...
Internationally known for Black Elk Speaks and A Cycle of the West, John G. Neihardt (1881-1973) wrote in almost all major genres: fiction, lyric and ...
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75,66 zł |