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Pioneering Western writer Bertha Muzzy Bower gained critical acclaim by bringing a unique female perspective to her tales of ranch life. In „The Heritage of the Sioux”, Bower brings a similarly empathic perspective to her fictionalized account of one of the most storied Native American tribes. It is widely considered to be one of the top 100 greatest books of all time. This great novel will surely...

Martin Baumann, der Sohn des Bärenjägers macht sich auf die Suche nach seinem von den Sioux entführten Vater. Der dicke Jemmy, der eigendlich Jakob Pfefferkorn heißt, und der lange Yankee David Kroners kommen dem jungen Indianer Wokadeh zur Hilfe, der schließlich Martin Baumann berichtet, dass dessen Vater, ein berühmter Bärenjäger, von den Sioux-Oglala gefangen wurde und ihm die Marter droht. Glücklicherweise...

Alexandra Ziolkowska-Boehm’s “Open Wounds: A Native American Heritage”was inspired by her great uncle, sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski,who in response to the Lakota Sioux Indian Chief Henry Standing Bear’s request “tell my story in stone”, decided to sculpt Sioux Chief Crazy Horse from a mountain in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Ziolkowska-Boehm explores the real...

The Prairie: A Tale (1827) is a novel by James Fenimore Cooper, the 3rd novel written by him featuring Natty Bumppo. Civilization drives old hunter Natty Bumppo (Leatherstocking) west of the Mississippi to the prairies, where he becomes a trapper and helps a band of emigrants in their conflicts with Indians, miscreants, and the harsh environment. We find Hawkeye removed to the uncharted territory which...