The Cheyenne Indians: Their History and Lifeways, Edited and Illustrated

by George Bird Grinnell

Overview

This beautiful book takes George Bird Grinnell’s classic work on the Cheyenne Indians and trims it into 240 fully-illustrated pages of his most essential writings. Grinnell was the long-time editor of Field&Stream magazine and helped to establish both the Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks. During his career he documented several tribes of the old West, including this vivid account of the last of the Cheyenne Indians, who were forced to live out their lives as nomads

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781935493426
Publisher:	World Wisdom
Publication date:	08/29/2008
Series:	American Indian Traditions
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	240
Sales rank:	894,004
Lexile:	1230L (what's this?)
File size:	10 MB

About the Author

George Bird Grinnell was a historian, naturalist, explorer, sportsman, and conservationist. He helped to establish Yellowstone National Park and Glacier National Park. He co-founded the first Audubon Society, and along with Teddy Roosevelt, co-founded the Boone and Crockett Club. Grinnell was a long-time editor of Field and Stream and wrote several landmark books on the Pawnee, Blackfoot, and Cheyenne.

Joseph Fitzgerald is an author and editor of books on subjects that include Buddhism, Hinduism, the American Indians, Christianity and the Perennial Philosophy. Fitzgerald studied Comparative Religion at Indiana University, where he also earned a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree. He is an adopted grandson of Thomas Yellowtail, one of the most honored American Indian spiritual leaders of the last century.