Crashing Thunder: The Autobiography of an American Indian
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1926. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good / Good. Item #2354589
First edition. 3 inch closed tear on front jacket corner, jacket edges faded and rubbed with minor loss from corners, ink name on front jacket flap. Binding tight and square, text clean and unmarked.
xxv, 202 pp. The memoirs of a member of the Winnebago tribe named Crashing Thunder, which the editor, a noted ethnologist, applauds for its unusual candor. Paul Radin, one of America's first and most reputable professional anthropologists, lived among the Winnebago Indians for years, and for years he tried without success to interview the notorious younger son of the Blow Snake family, the Crashing Thunder of this book. At last Crashing Thunder agreed to tell Radin his life story, one that Radin calls "a true rake's progress." Speaking through Radin, Crashing Thunder told of his childhood, stories of Winnebago gods, his appetite for women and beer, and his extraordinary friends and relatives, including his brother-in-law, Thunder Cloud, then in his third incarnation. Crashing Thunder also told of his redemption through his new religion, peyote.
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