{"product_id":"indian-tales-and-others-9780803283589","title":"Indian Tales and Others","description":"\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\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bison Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/1988\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780803283589\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 306\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.97h x 5.27w x 0.71d","brand":"John G. Neihardt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52136354807989,"sku":"9780803283589","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_ce130ef6-efe1-4135-8400-205a268130f3.jpg?v=1767114121","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/indian-tales-and-others-9780803283589","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}