Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux, as told through John G. Neihardt by Black Elk, John G. Neihardt

Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux, as told through John G. Neihardt

Black Elk, John G. Neihardt with Standing Bear (Illustrator)

280 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
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A Sioux medicine man who lived through the times of the Plains Indian wars tells the story of his life.

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informative 86%
reflective 65%
sad 55%
challenging 44%
emotional 41%
inspiring 24%
dark 17%
adventurous 10%
tense 10%
hopeful 6%
mysterious 6%

Pace

slow 55%
medium 44%

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