―Publishers Weekly "Now readers can rediscover the real Black Elk and the wise, haunted book that bears his name. . ―Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"Jackson's enlightening account of this influential Sioux leader, whose life encompassed many landmark events of the tumultuous years of U.S. western expansion, leaves the reader in awe of Black Elk's struggle to help his people preserve their culture as their traditions, religion, and education were under constant and brutal attack." . [Black Elk's] fate was to survive a rolling catastrophe with eyes wide open, his luck also his curse." There's a problem loading this menu right now. —Deborah Donovan, Booklist (starred review)"Jackson panoramically renders a narrative as majestic as the American West in this fine account of the life of Black Elk, an Oglala Lakota holy man. ―Laurie Hertzel, The Star Tribune (Minneapolis)"An exhaustively researched and meticulously detailed biography of Black Elk . Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Black Elk (1863–1950) lived during the most turbulent time in Oglala Lakota history. The result is that Jackson has firmly situated Black Elk in the context of Indian struggles on the plains from 1850 through 1950. . We hear of struggles within subsequent generations over his legacy and Lakota identity more generally." In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. —David Treuer, The Washington Post"Remarkably thorough . Black Elk displays a Gump-like tendency to rub shoulders with the famous, most notably when he joins Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show and finds himself in England performing for Queen Victoria." He fought in the Battle of Little Big Horn, witnessed the death of his cousin Crazy Horse, traveled throughout Europe in Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West show, saw the terrible slaughter at Wounded Knee, and was ultimately forced onto a reservation with his tribe. . controversies." . |, 145 —Kate Tuttle, The Boston Globe"One of the most moving books I’ve ever taken in . Joe Jackson has expertly taken Black Elk's life -- as narrated by himself in the transcripts of his interviews with Neihardt -- and woven that together with other records and histories of him and his times. [It] rattled me . His writing has this way of providing context for the events surrounding Black Elk's life without being tedious. Named a Summer ... One of The Wall Street Journal's Best Short Story Collections of 2018. . Along with being good for those interested in Black Elk individually, Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2017. his research has rewards, shifting in subtle ways the stories we thought we knew." . ―Christine Bold, The Times Literary Supplement "With access to family members of Lakota spiritual leader Black Elk, investigative journalist-historian Joe Jackson's talents as a writer, interviewer and historian are all on full-display in Black Elk, the most evocative, empathetic and comprehensive biography ever written about the Sioux holy man." . . . . . —Ari Kelman, author of A Misplaced Massacre: Struggling Over the Memory of Sand Creek, winner of the Bancroft Prize. Winner of the Society of American Historians' Francis Parkman PrizeWinner of the PEN / Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for BiographyBest Biography of 2016, True West magazine Winner of the Western Writers of America 2017 Spur Award, Best Western BiographyFinalist, National Book Critics Circle Award for BiographyLong-listed for the Cundill History PrizeOne of the Best Books of 2016, The Boston GlobeThe epic life story of the Native American holy man who has inspired millions around the worldBlack Elk, the Native American holy man, is known to millions of readers around the world from his 1932 testimonial Black Elk Speaks. . . . Drawing on new material culled from interviews with members of Black Elk’s family, Jackson presents the Native American mystic’s life as a story rather than as a dry historical record, offering vivid accounts of historical events at which Black Elk was present . The result is that Jackson has firmly situated Black Elk in the context of Indian struggles on the plains from 1850 through 1950. —Publishers Weekly "Now readers can rediscover the real Black Elk and the wise, haunted book that bears his name.  US$28.00, US$11.49 benaskren recommended it to me, and it’s an excellent book on the power of meditation and… Jackson’s deep research shows on every page, and his narrative skill makes this long biography a gripping, even thrilling read . 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. . . . —Tom Beer, Newsday "Joe Jackson has penned an extraordinary history of Lakota warfare with the United States wrapped around a thorough biography of the legendary Black Elk. Jackson surveys a broad swath of world history to place the Lakota spiritual leader in that terribly eventful context, and he does excellent work in doing so .  US$30.00, US$22.60 Unable to add item to List. —Joe Rogan "Black Elk stands out for its comprehensiveness, wide-ranging historical context, and the author's deftly apposite quotation from contemporary sources . .  US$18.99, US$19.58 . . . (Nov.), 09/15/2016When John Neihardt's Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux was published in 1932, it was scarcely noticed by readers. .  US$25.00, US$7.97 Joe Jackson does a magnificent job of relating, explaining and commenting on [Black Elk’s] life in what is by far the most comprehensive biography of its subject to date. . Black Elk is an unapologetically sympathetic biography, for all its wide-ranging source-work. 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. Wonderful read. --David Treuer, The Washington Post. His writing has this way of providing context for the events surrounding Black Elk's life without being tedious. —Christine Bold, The Times Literary Supplement "With access to family members of Lakota spiritual leader Black Elk, investigative journalist-historian Joe Jackson's talents as a writer, interviewer and historian are all on full-display in Black Elk, the most evocative, empathetic and comprehensive biography ever written about the Sioux holy man." To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. ―Katherine A. He has produced a major contribution to Native American history. You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition. . . It is a sweeping, comprehensive, elegantly written history of white and Indian relations; bloody, deadly battles; and the steady, deliberate destruction by the U.S. government of the native culture, language, traditions and way of life . . So in addition to all these other facets this book is about the writing of Neihardt's book. —Walter Kirn, Harper's Magazine"Joe Jackson has expertly taken Black Elk’s life—as narrated by himself in the transcripts of his interviews with Neihardt—and woven that together with other records and histories of him and his times. Outstanding." He had a long life with some great moments, tragedy, Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2017. Drawing on immense research, Joe Jackson has given us the story of a man and a people whose land, way of life, and culture were the target of a concentrated project of extermination by the United States Government."  US$12.87, US$12.75 —Timothy J. Lockhart, The Virginian-Pilot"A masterpiece of American biographical reconstruction . —Ari Kelman, author of A Misplaced Massacre: Struggling Over the Memory of Sand Creek, winner of the Bancroft Prize, 09/26/2016Jackson (Atlantic Fever) panoramically renders a narrative as majestic as the American West in this fine account of the life of Black Elk, an Oglala Lakota holy man.