{"product_id":"indian-tales-and-others","title":"Indian Tales and Others","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eIndian Tales and Others\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eJohn G Neihardt\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780803283589\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eBison Books\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e1988\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e306\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore \u003ci\u003eBlack Elk Speaks\u003c\/i\u003e, before his epic poem \u003ci\u003eA Cycle of the West\u003c\/i\u003e, John G. Neihardt wrote many short stories that found favor with readers and critics. \u003cb\u003eAmong his best were the seventeen collected in \u003ci\u003eIndian Tales and Others\u003c\/i\u003e in 1926 and now available for the first time in paperback.\u003c\/b\u003e \"The Singer of the Ache,\" considered Neihardt's highest achievement in short fiction, portrays young Moon-Walker's quest for supernatural powers achieved at a price.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOther Indian tales include \"The Look in the Face,\" one of many about a social outcast; \"The White Wakunda,\" about a Christ figure; \"The Mark of Shame,\" concerning murder as a violation of the natural order; \"Vylin\" and \"Mignon,\" moral fables about Indian-white marriages; \"The Last Thunder Song\"; and \"Dreams Are Wiser Than Men.\"Other stories, set on the frontier, are \"The Scars,\" \"The Nemesis of the Deuces,\" \"The Revolt of a Sheep,\" \"The Parable of the Sack,\" \"The Art of Hate,\" and perhaps Neihardt's most popular tale, \"The Alien,\" in which a fur trapper makes a pet of a she-wolf, with unex-pected consequences. \"The Red Roan,\" a ghost story, and \"Beyond the Spectrum,\" about a man who may have stepped outside his body permanently, bring to a peak the strain of the supernatural that is apparent throughout the collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Bison Books","offers":[{"title":"Indian Tales and Others | John G Neihardt | Paperback | 9780803283589 | Used: Very Good | Back Stacks D 1765792","offer_id":49375472713880,"sku":"1765792","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/A1d47EbVjbL.jpg?v=1783008540","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/indian-tales-and-others","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}