Fools Crow
by James Welch
- Used
- fair
- Paperback
- Condition
- Fair
- ISBN 10
- 0140089373
- ISBN 13
- 9780140089370
- Seller
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Missoula, Montana, United States
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About This Item
The year is 1870, and Fool's Crow, so called after he killed the chief of the Crows during a raid, has a vision at the annual Sun Dance ceremony. The young warrior sees the end of the Indian way of life and the choice that must be made: resistance or humiliating accommodation.
Synopsis
Fools Crow is a novel written by author James Welch. Set in Montana shortly after the Civil War, this novel tells of Fools Crow, a young Blackfoot Indian on the verge of manhood, and his tribe, known as the Lone Eaters. The invasion of white society threatens to change their traditional way of life, and they must choose to fight or assimilate. The story is a powerful portrait of a fading of way of life. The story culminates with the Marias Massacre of 1870 in which the U.S.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Vespiary Book Restoration & Bindery (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SQ3875847
- Title
- Fools Crow
- Author
- James Welch
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0140089373
- ISBN 13
- 9780140089370
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1987-11-03
- Keywords
- native american, Crow Indians, Blackfeet Indians, Montana author, Montana
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;