Black Elk : the life of an American visionary
(Audiobook CD)

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Burns, Traber, narrator.
Published
Ashland, Oregon : Blackstone Audio, [2016].
Edition
Unabridged
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19 audio discs (22.5 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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Published
Ashland, Oregon : Blackstone Audio, [2016].
Format
Audiobook CD
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English

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Compact discs.
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Read by Traber Burns.
Summary
Black Elk, the Native American holy man, is known to millions of readers around the world from his 1932 testimonial Black Elk Speaks. Adapted by the poet John G. Neihardt from a series of interviews with Black Elk and other elders at the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, Black Elk Speaks is one of the most widely read and admired works of American Indian literature. Cryptic and deeply personal, it has been read as a spiritual guide, a philosophical manifesto, and a text to be deconstructed -- while the historical Black Elk has faded from view. In this sweeping book, Joe Jackson provides the definitive biographical account of a figure whose dramatic life converged with some of the most momentous events in the history of the American West. Born in an era of rising violence between the Sioux, white settlers, and U.S. government troops, Black Elk killed his first man at the Little Bighorn, witnessed the death of his second cousin Crazy Horse, and traveled to Europe with Buffalo Bill's Wild West show. Upon his return, he was swept up in the traditionalist Ghost Dance movement and shaken by the Massacre at Wounded Knee. But Black Elk was not a warrior, instead accepting the path of a healer and holy man, motivated by a powerful prophetic vision that he struggled to understand. Although Black Elk embraced Catholicism in his later years, he continued to practice the old ways clandestinely and never refrained from seeking meaning in the visions that both haunted and inspired him.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Jackson, J., & Burns, T. (2016). Black Elk: the life of an American visionary (Unabridged). Blackstone Audio.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Jackson, Joe, 1955- and Traber, Burns. 2016. Black Elk: The Life of an American Visionary. Blackstone Audio.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Jackson, Joe, 1955- and Traber, Burns. Black Elk: The Life of an American Visionary Blackstone Audio, 2016.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Jackson, Joe, and Traber Burns. Black Elk: The Life of an American Visionary Unabridged, Blackstone Audio, 2016.

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