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The Fields of Home
Ralph Moody
Bison Books, 1993
Wonderfully evocative
I cannot praise Ralph Moody enough. This book is so well structured and well written that it is obviously a "made" work, but that certainly doesn't make it false. It is a truthful story inasmuch as the characters speak as they should, and the times are brought alive ...
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American Indian Stories
Zitkala-Sa
Bison Books, 2003
"A living mosaic of human beings."
Zitkala-Sa (Gertrude Bonnin) collected her autobiographical narratives from the Atlantic Monthly (1900-1902), and some fictional folktales, in this 1921 book. Obscure and out of print for decades, it was rediscovered in the 1970s and in 1985 was issued in this ...
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The Poetry Home Repair Manual: Practical Advice for Beginning Poets
Ted Kooser
Bison Books, 2007
A gentle introduction to the art of writing poetry
This is not an intense workbook to poetry nor a rigid list of rules to follow. Rather, it is a gentle conversation with the author that pleasantly guides you along the finer points of writing poetry.
Interspersed with kind humor, we read sample poems that ...
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Black Elk Speaks, New Edition
John G. Neihardt
Bison Books, 2004
Black Elk Speaks
It's nice to read a book these days that's actually well written.
Easy to read. Love Black Elk's sense of humor!
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Little Britches: Father and I Were Ranchers
Ralph Moody
Bison Books, 1991
Speechless
Oh I am speechless. This is a book full of grace, character, This is the writers real life boyhood and apparently thought he could make a good book out of it. Boy was he right! I could read this book about three hundred times and then maybe think about putting it down! ...
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Cherokee Women: Gender and Culture Change, 1700-1835 (Indians of the Southeast)
Theda Perdue
Bison Books, 1999
Cherokee Women
CHEROKEE WOMEN, Gender and Culture Change 1700 to 1835. Theda Perdue
University of Nebraska Press 1998
Although this book is eight years old it is a good one and deserves a new review. We used this book in teaching the workshop to the Chiefs in July of ...
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Waterlily
Ella Cara Deloria
Bison Books, 1990
A Wonderful Book!!!
This is one of the best books I've read in some time--I just couldn't put the book down. I highly recommend it to anyone at all interested in the Native American way of life.
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Local Wonders: Seasons in the Bohemian Alps (American Lives)
Ted Kooser
Bison Books, 2004
"Over and over again."
I am not the sort of person who revisits books. I tend to move on to things that are new since there is so much out there calling to be read. But with Koozer's "Local Wonders" I have had to make an exception. I have read certain sections of it 3 times already and ...
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Beyond Armageddon
Bison Books, 2006
Best reprint anthology of post-apocalyptic SF
This book contains the following stories: "Salvador" by Lucius Shepard "The Store of the Worlds" by Robert Sheckley "The Big Flash" by Norman Spinrad "Lot" by Ward Moore "Day at the Beach" by Carol Emshwiller "The Wheel" by John Wyndham "Jody After the War" by Edward ...
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Mary Emma & Company (Bison Book)
Ralph Moody
Bison Books, 1994
Excellent book for the whole family, Mr. Moody's and yours!
As a forth grader in Colorado our teacher read the first two books in Ralph Moody's series to our class. Now, almost 30 years later I'm reading the whole series to my family, we love them. Even our 3 year old asks me to read them at bed time. Mr. Moody's ...
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The Home Ranch (Bison Book)
Ralph Moody
Bison Books, 1994
Perhaps the very best of the series
What a grand adventure for a 12 year-old boy to work in a real man's job, earning a real man's salary, working for a cattle rancher/trader Mr. Batchlet. Moody skillfully portrays the cast of characters who compose the ranch crew and the owner's daughter Hazel who is a ...
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Judas at the Jockey Club and Other Episodes of Porfirian Mexico (Second Edition)
William H. Beezley
Bison Books, 2004
Who knew that cultural history could be this much fun?
This is a book that deserves to be more widely known. It is a serious historical treatise about culture, social life and customs during the Porfiriato regime of Mexico (1875-1910)- but don't let the academic theme frighten you. Judas at the Jockey Club is an excellent ...
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Crazy Horse (second edition): The Strange Man of the Oglalas (50th Anniversary Edition)
Mari Sandoz
Bison Books, 2004
Excellent book...
I thoroughly enjoyed this book, and couldn't recommend it more. If you are a Native American history buff, or have any interest at all in the so-called Indian wars of the Great Plains, this book is a must-read. It is written in the vernacular of a Native American who ...
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Man of the Family
Ralph Moody
Bison Books, 1993
The Ralph Moody Collection
A reviewer asked for help regarding the names and volumes in this series. Here it is...
1. Little Britches
2. Man of the Family
3. The Home Ranch
4. Mary Emma & Company
5. The Fields of Home
6. Shaking the Nickel
7. The Dry Divide
8. Horse of a Different ...
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Winter Wheat
Mildred Walker
Bison Books, 1992
One of my all-time favorites
Such a beautiful, beautiful book. The characters are gently revealed through their choices, actions, dialogue, and even their interaction with the harsh/lovely landscape. Ellen's situation is unique to her era and environment, but then again, much about her is ...
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