Mari Sandoz wrote history, biography and fiction about the Great Plains and the people shaped by settlement, ranching and conflict on the American frontier. Old Jules is a biography of her father, a Nebraska homesteader whose ambition and violence make the book as much a family portrait as a record of pioneer life. Crazy Horse presents the Oglala Lakota leader within the military and cultural conflicts of the nineteenth century, while Cheyenne Autumn recounts the Northern Cheyenne flight from Indian Territory towards their northern homeland. Sandoz uses documentary research, oral history and narrative techniques that often make her non-fiction read like a novel, but the subject matter remains rooted in western history. Old Jules gives the closest view of pioneer family life, while Crazy Horse and Cheyenne Autumn shift the emphasis towards Lakota and Cheyenne history, making Sandoz especially relevant to Great Plains, frontier and Native American history shelves. Read more Less
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