The Journey of Crazy Horse: A Lakota History

Posted on by

A captivating biography of the man who became a legend at the Battle of the Little BighornAs a brilliant leader of a desperate cause and one of the most perennially fascinating figures of the American West, Crazy Horse crushed Custer s 7th Cavalry and brought the United States Army to its knees Now, with the help of celebrated historian Joseph Marshall, we finally have the opportunity to know Crazy Horse as his fellow Lakota Indians knew him.Drawing on extensive research and a rich oral tradition that it rarely shared outside Native American circles, Marshall himself a descendent of the Lakota community that raised Crazy Horse creates a vibrant portrait of the man, his times, and his legacy From the powerful vision that spurred him into battle to the woman he loved but lost to duty and circumstance, this is a compelling celebration of a culture, an enduring way of life, and the unforgettable hero who remains a legend among legends Marshall s gloriously poetic and sweeping chronicle ushers in a new genre of American historyA tour de forcePeter Nabakov, author of Native American Testimony A remarkable portrait of a remarkable man. Colin G Calloway, professor of history and Samson Occom Professor of Native American Studies, Dartmouth College Free Download The Journey of Crazy Horse: A Lakota History [ by ] Joseph M. Marshall III [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr You read or hear about Gen George Custer and think, oh I know all about Little Big Horn, Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse but upon reflection you realize you do not know a damn thing about the Native American side of thingsand then you go and do something about that.Joseph M Marshall IIIThe name doesn t sound very Native American, but Marshall is about as close as you ll get these days According to his Wiki page he speaks Lakota and can craft a Lakota bow in the traditional style He was Y...Crazy Horse s life is by necessity based largely on Native American oral traditions since his actions didn t produce direct documentation The author grew up on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation and first learned about the legendary Lakota warrior from the stories told by older men of the tribe This biography is told from the viewpoint of the Lakota much in the storyteller style the author first heard it The narration doesn t shift to the world of the whites to explain motivations and plans being Crazy Horse s life is by necessity based largely on Native American oral traditions since his actions didn t produce direct documentation The author grew up on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation and first learned about the legendary Lakota warrior from the stories told by older men of the tribe This biography is told from the viewpoint of the Lakota much in the storyteller style the author fir...Like Crazy Horse the author, Joseph M Marshall is a Lakota himself and in his introduction tells us how the legendary Lakota leader was his boyhood hero thanks to the stories told to him by his elders He says these were merely stories to his boyhood sensibility but that as he grew older he realised they were also es...I enjoyed this book and learnedabout Crazy Horse as I read Of course theI read the theI angry I got Growing up around Native American Reservations I have a respect for them I know they were treated badly but I did not realize exactly what they did to him and his family I liked that this was told from their point of view which I feel should have been done a long time ago I enjoyed the story at the end as well as who the author got his information from There is a lot of inf I enjoyed this book and learnedabout Crazy Horse as I read Of course theI read the theI angry I got Growing up around Native American Reservations I have a respect for them I ...Hau kola Interesting take on a biography of Crazy Horse Marshall skillfully avoids the look how many Lakota words I know trap of most native writers and gives a not always flattering portrayal of the Oglala leader The tales come alive, and in so muchclarity and strength than any other portrayal of Crazy Horse I ve encountered I m talking to you, Son of the Morning Star author Both the author and I are Sicangu, and members of the same tribe, so there s a certain kinship I feel that Hau kola Interesting take on a biography of Crazy Horse Marshall skillfully avoids the look how many Lakota words I know trap of most native writers and gives a not always flattering portrayal of the Oglala leader The tales come alive, and in so muchclarity and strength than any other portrayal of Crazy Horse I ve encountered I m talking to you, Son of the Morning Star author Both the author and I are Sicangu, and members of the same tribe, so there s a certain kinship I feel that I suspect might not translate I was also, again, given to wonder if there had been a greater resistance at the outset, had the Lakota adopted the whites method of warfare earlier, what would the outcome of the Great Sioux War have been The Lakota were limited by two key factors 1 an initial unwillingness to engage in outright warfare, and 2 divided attention between being warriors and providers for their families The Long Knives certainly proved their willingness to massacre the e...An interesting hybrid of traditional and oral history The author is a Lakota who was born and raised on Rosebud Indian Reservation and grew up surrounded by the stories and legends of Crazy Horse The author makes a point early on about the shift from the oral tradition of history and he argues that too often those types of history are ignored or neglected As a result there are moments throughout the book where the author takes some liberties with dialogue or actions and makes assumptions on An interesting hybrid of traditional and oral history The author is a Lakota who was born and raised on Rosebud Indian Reservation and grew up surrounded by the stories and legends of Crazy Horse The author makes a point early on about the shift from the oral tradition of history and he argues that too often those types of history are ignored or neglected As a result there are moments throughout the book where the author takes some liberties with dialogue or actions and makes assumptions on what might have been going through the head of Crazy Horse and others I have read some criticism of the book for this method of writing but I think that is missing the point of what the author is attempting to achieve with this blending of sourced and oral history It is...Like I said previously, the book suffers greatly from the author s relentless interjection of his life into that of Crazy Horse s journey I also find it interesting that he has exact details of experiences Crazy Horse had when he was alone It s hard for me to believe because he paints Crazy Horse to be a man of solitude who did not speak about himself So, how did some of these elaborate details make it to the surface when the only person that was present would most likely not speak of these d Like I said previously, the book suffers greatly from the author s relentless interjection of his life into that of Crazy Horse s journey I also find it interesting that he has exact details of experiences Crazy Horse had when he was alone It s hard for me to believe because he paints Crazy Horse to be a man of s...Main flaw for me I m looking for accurate information I felt I was reading historical fiction because some of the scenes could not possibly be known But no one can do Crazy Horse accurately Excellent reading by the author on the cd.Waffling between 3 and 4 stars honestly, it s probably a 3.5 star book This isn t exactly a biography, although Marshall has done extensive research into the life and times of Crazy Horse, Lakota warrior in the 1860s and 1870s in what is now the Dakotas, Montana, and Wyoming Most notoriously to white Americans is his defeat of Custer at the Battle of Little Bigh...This book about Crazy Horse is an eye opening experience because of the perspective of its Lakota author I listened to it on Audiobook, where it was beautifully read by the author Living in Nebraska, very close to the region where Crazy Horse lived and led his Lakota people, made the story especially meaningful Understanding history requires our attention to the narratives of the different groups of people who played a part in that history Marshall is an excellent voice for the Lakota narra This book about Crazy Horse is an eye opening experience because of the perspective of its Lakota author I listened to it on Audiobook, where it was beautifully read by the author Living in Nebraska, very close to the region where Crazy Horse lived and led his Lakota people, made the story especially meaningful Understanding history requires our attention to the narratives of the different groups of people who played a part in that history Marshall is an excellent voice for the Lakota narrative One of h...

The Journey of Crazy Horse: A Lakota History
  • English
  • 21 July 2017
  • Paperback
  • 310 pages
  • 0143036211
  • Joseph M. Marshall III
  • The Journey of Crazy Horse: A Lakota History