{"product_id":"indian-tales-and-others-paperback","title":"Indian Tales and Others - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn G. Neihardt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore 'Black Elk Speaks, ' before his epic poem 'A 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 in 'Indian Tales and Others' in 1926 and now available for the first time in paperback.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 306\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.71 x 7.97 x 5.27 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 19, 1988\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47110327697547,"sku":"9780803283589","price":35.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/2579\/7259\/files\/UtR9Xpt6fI9780803283589.webp?v=1780285824","url":"https:\/\/thetaletrade.com\/products\/indian-tales-and-others-paperback","provider":"The Tale Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}