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Happy Hunting Grounds Reissue Edition
Contributor(s): Vestal, Stanley (Author), Weygold, Frederick (Illustrator), Powell, Peter J. (Introduction by)
ISBN: 0806115432     ISBN-13: 9780806115436
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
OUR PRICE:   $21.73  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: August 1975
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Historical - General
Dewey: FIC
Physical Information: 0.55" H x 5" W x 8" (0.59 lbs) 240 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - Native American
- Cultural Region - Midwest
 
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Publisher Description:
Here is a story, in thinly disguised fictional form, of Plains Indians, especially a Cheyenne chief, Whirlwind--his manner of life, his beliefs, and particularly, his love of his son. The villain is a Mandan who is given refuge in the Cheyenne camp and then wreaks havoc with the lives of his hosts. He causes a battle with the Sioux, steals the chief's favorite wife, and slays the chief's young son. Whirlwind's revenge for the death of his beloved son provides a dramatic climax.
Happy Hunting Grounds recaptures Cheyenne life on the plains. The battles, celebrations, and lifeways of the Indians--Sioux, Cheyennes, and Mandans--are accurately and graphically portrayed. This volume is illustrated with drawings and paintings by Frederick Weygold, reflecting his own long association with the Plains tribes.

Contributor Bio(s): Vestal, Stanley: -

Stanley Vestal is the pen name of Walter S. Campbell, who up grew up in Southern Cheyenne country. A graduate of Oxford University and longtime Professor of English at the University of Oklahoma, he wrote many distinguished books on American Indians and the West, including Sitting Bull, Champion of the Sioux.

Powell, Peter J.: -

Father Peter J. Powell was founder and first director of St. Augustine's Center for American Indians, Chicago. He is also the author of the two-volume People of the Sacred Mountain. He is an Honorary Chief of the Northern Cheyenne People. Since 1972 he has been a Research Associate of The D'Arcy McNickle Center for American Indian History, The Newberry Library, Chicago.