Isbn: 9781559700504 - the power of horses and other stories (9 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Good. The fifteen stories contained in The Power of Horses portray, each in a different way, the sensitive and enduring culture of the Dakota of the Upper Plains and convey many of the basic truths that have sustained Elizabeth Cook-Lynn's people for countless generations. Though the stories are often filled with violence and grief, they are also brimming with beauty, gentleness, charm, and humor. In these striking and memorable tales of Dakota country, Joseph grieves that the body of his middle son will never be returned to his native shores from the distant World War I battlefields where he was killed; family members gather to bury their father and barely survive their own weaknesses and bickering; a grandmother takes her grandchild for a walk and imparts to the child some of the old wisdom of times past; a whining hound dog--primordial to the Dakota--competes unwittingly with Reverend Tileston's efforts to bring the word of the Christian God to a tight-knit family, and wins; Magpie is a poet but is also on parole, and just as his friends have begun to rethink the finality of justice, he is accidentally shot and killed in the white man's jail. Cook-Lynn writes unsparingly yet compassionately of reservation life in the last century. In each of these gemlike stories she reveals something of the mystery and essential toughness of the Dakota people.…

Hardback. Zustand: Fair. The fifteen stories contained in The Power of Horses portray, each in a different way, the sensitive and enduring culture of the Dakota of the Upper Plains and convey many of the basic truths that have sustained Elizabeth Cook-Lynn's people for countless generations. Though the stories are often filled with violence and grief, they are also brimming with beauty, gentleness, charm, and humor. In these striking and memorable tales of Dakota country, Joseph grieves that the body of his middle son will never be returned to his native shores from the distant World War I battlefields where he was killed; family members gather to bury their father and barely survive their own weaknesses and bickering; a grandmother takes her grandchild for a walk and imparts to the child some of the old wisdom of times past; a whining hound dog--primordial to the Dakota--competes unwittingly with Reverend Tileston's efforts to bring the word of the Christian God to a tight-knit family, and wins; Magpie is a poet but is also on parole, and just as his friends have begun to rethink the finality of justice, he is accidentally shot and killed in the white man's jail. Cook-Lynn writes unsparingly yet compassionately of reservation life in the last century. In each of these gemlike stories she reveals something of the mystery and essential toughness of the Dakota people.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: NF/NF. First Edition. Octavo. Peach colored cloth boards quarterbound in magenta cloth spine. Light bumping at the head and tail of the spine and a couple faint dings in the upper edge of the front board. Review copy with promotional slip tucked into the front of the book. 131 pages. Short black remainder mark on the upper edge. Dust Jacket - has a very faint rub at the tail of the spine and at the tips of the upper corners.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Très bon. Jaquette abîmée. Edition 1990. Ammareal reverse jusqu'à 15% du prix net de cet article à des organisations caritatives. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Book Condition: Used, Very good. Damaged dust jacket. Edition 1990. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this item's net price to charity organizations.…

Zustand: FINE. First printing. The third book by this writer who is a member of the Crow Creek Sioux tribe, a powerful collection of short stories, and her first book to be printed by a major publisher. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition. Near fine in near fine dust jacket; slight rubbing/bumping.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good +. Near Fine. First edition. 13100. Octavo [21.5cm] 1/4 dark mauve and pink paper over boards with title stamped in gilt on spine. Light rubbing to extremities. Thirteen tales of the Dakotapi tribe in the upper Sioux country.