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The song of the Indian Wars / by John G. Neihardt ; illustrated by Allen True.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Dechert Collection AC9 N3167 925s
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Neihardt, John G., 1881-1973.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indians of North America--Wars--1866-1895.
- Indians of North America.
- Indians of North America--Wars.
- Genre:
- Poetry.
- Penn Provenance:
- Dechert, Robert (donor)
- Neihardt, John G., 1881-1973 (autograph) (Culture Class Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 2 unnumbered pages, 231 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- [Limited edition].
- Place of Publication:
- New York : The Macmillan Company, MCMXXV [1925]
- Contents:
- The Sowing of the Dragon
- Red Cloud
- The Council on the Powder
- Fort Phil Kearney
- Rubbed Out
- The Wagon Boxes
- Beecher's Island
- The Yellow God
- The Village of Crazy Horse
- The Sun Dance
- The Seventh Marches
- High Noon on the Little Horn
- The Twilight
- The Death of Crazy Horse.
- Notes:
- "Of this edition of 'The song of the Indian wars', five hundred copies have been printed, each signed by the author."
- With half-title.
- Title page printed in orange and black.
- "Published June 1925."
- "The Song of the Indian Wars is a part of the Epic Cycle of the West upon which I have been working for eleven years. However, as the reader will note, it is complete in itself, as are the two other parts of the Cycle already publshed, The Song of Three Friends and The Song of Hugh Glass."--Preface.
- Blue cloth spine lettered in gilt; light brown, yellow and blue decorated boards. Illustrated orange, black and white endpapers.
- Local Notes:
- Culture Class Collection copy is no. 496 signed by the author.
- OCLC:
- 1525804
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