{"product_id":"these-were-the-sioux-9780803291515","title":"These Were the Sioux","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The Sioux Indians came into my life before I had any preconceived notions about them,\" writes the author about the visitors to her family homestead in the Sandhills of Nebraska when she was a child. This title takes the reader far inside a world of rituals surrounding puberty, courtship, and marriage, as well as the hunt and the battle.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThese Were the Sioux\u003c\/i\u003e compels attention because it is authoritative; it compels admiration because it was written from the heart.\" —V.P. Hass, \u003ci\u003eChicago Sunday Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The Sioux book gives the lore and logic of Indian life. It is rapid reading. Yet it unobtrusively overflows with Miss Sandoz's lifetime love and respect for these plains pioneers, and with her careful insights into their ways.\" —R. C. Nelson, \u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Here in these well established patterns of conduct . . . is a picture of an orderly, deeply respected way of life that is no more. . . . A worthwhile appraisal.\" —\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It clearly demonstrates the understanding of Indians that can be offered by a gifted, sensitive writer who has had extensive first-hand knowledge of the Indian people about whom she writes.\" —J. C. Ewers, \u003ci\u003eSaturday Review of Literature\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"MQ - University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53515488264535,"sku":"9780803291515","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/these-were-the-sioux-9780803291515","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}