Indian Tales and Others

by Neihardt, John G.

• ISBN13: 9780803283589
• ISBN10: 080328358X
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1988-08-01
• Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr

Summary

BeforeBlack Elk Speaks, before his epic poemA Cycle of the West, John G. Neihardt wrote many short stories that found favor with readers and critics. Among his best were the seventeen collected inIndian Tales and Othersin 1926 and now available for the first time in paperback. "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. Other 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.

Table of Contents

The Singer of the Ache	1	(13)
The Look in the Face	14	(15)
The White Wakunda	29	(20)
The Mark of Shame	49	(13)
Dreams are Wiser Than Men	62	(15)
Vylin	77	(11)
Mignon	88	(16)
The Last Thunder Song	104	(12)
The Alien	116	(20)
The Parable of the Sack	136	(25)
The Scars	161	(18)
The Red Roan Mare	179	(32)
The Art of Hate	211	(18)
Beyond the Spectrum	229	(29)
The Nemesis of the Deuces	258	(17)
The Revolt of a Sheep	275	(13)
The Man Who Saw Spring	288