Bücher von Kent Nerburn

Tells the story of two men, one white and one Native American, connected by their own understandings of life yet struggling to find a common voice. As they journey together through small Indian towns and down forgotten roads, these two men will travel beyond myth and stereotype, revealing an America few people ever get to see.

Ein eindringlicher Traum, der nicht nachlassen will, entführt den Autor Kent Nerburn zurück in die verborgene Welt der amerikanischen Ureinwohner, wo Träume eine Bedeutung haben, Tiere Lehrer sind und 'die Alten' immer noch über Kräfte verfügen, die unser Verständnis übersteigen. In dieser bewegenden Erzählung reisen wir durch die Länder der Lakota und der Ojibwe, wo wir auf ein seltsames kleines Mädchen mit einer beunruhigenden Verbindung zur Vergangenheit treffen, auf eine vergessene Anstalt, die die Geschichte zu verbergen versucht hat und auf die komplexen, unvergesslichen Charaktere, die wir in 'Weder Wolf noch Hund' und 'Der Wolf in der Dämmerung' kennengelernt haben. Teils Geschichte, teils Mysterium, teils spirituelle Reise und Lehrgeschichte: 'The Girl Who Sang to the Buffalo' steckt voller tiefgreifender Einblicke in die Menschheit und die Kultur der amerikanischen Ureinwohner, die wir von Nerburns Reisen erwarten. Wie der American Indian College Fund festgestellt hat, kann man 'die Welt oder die Menschen nie wieder mit den gleichen Augen betrachten', wenn man einmal Nerburns mitreißende Erinnerungen an die Hochebenen Amerikas und seine prägnanten Einblicke in das menschliche Herz kennengelernt hat.

Hidden in the shadow cast by the great western expeditions of Lewis and Clark lies another journey every bit as poignant, every bit as dramatic, and every bit as essential to an understanding of who we are as a nation -- the 1,800-mile journey made by Chief Joseph and eight hundred Nez Perce men, women, and children from their homelands in what is now eastern Oregon through the most difficult, mountainous country in western America to the high, wintry plains of Montana. There, only forty miles from the Canadian border and freedom, Chief Joseph, convinced that the wounded and elders could go no farther, walked across the snowy battlefield, handed his rifle to the U.S. military commander who had been pursuing them, and spoke his now-famous words, "e;From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever."e;The story has been told many times, but never before in its entirety or with such narrative richness. Drawing on four years of research, interviews, and 20,000 miles of travel, Nerburn takes us beyond the surrender to the captives' unlikely welcome in Bismarck, North Dakota, their tragic eight-year exile in Indian Territory, and their ultimate return to the Northwest. Nerburn reveals the true, complex character of Joseph, showing how the man was transformed into a myth by a public hungry for an image of the noble Indian and how Joseph exploited the myth in order to achieve his single goal of returning his people to their homeland.Chief Joseph the Flight of the Nez Perce is far more than the story of a man and a people. It is a grand saga of a pivotal time in our nation's history. Its pages are alive with the presence of Lewis and Clark, General William Tecumseh Sherman, General George Armstrong Custer, and Sitting Bull. Its events brush against the California Gold Rush, the Civil War, the great western pioneer migration, and the building of the telegraph and the transcontinental railroad. Once you have read this groundbreaking work, you will never look at Chief Joseph, the American Indian, or our nation's westward journey in the same way again.