The Death of Raymond Yellow Thunder - And Other True Stories from the Nebraska-Pine Ridge Border Towns

Informationen zum Autor A native of Omaha and a graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Stew Magnuson is a Washington, D.C.-based journalist and former foreign correspondent who has filed stories from Mali, Japan, Cambodia, Burma, Laos, Thailand, and Indonesia. He has traveled or lived in forty-five countries, including the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, where he served in the Peace Corps, and Peshawar, Pakistan, where he worked with Afghan refugees in the late 1980s. He lives in Arlington, Virginia. Klappentext A richly layered account of clashing American cultures Zusammenfassung Examining Raymond Yellow Thunders death at the hands of four white men in 1972! this title looks deep into the past that gave rise to the tragedy. It recounts the largely forgotten struggles of American Indian Movement activist Bob Yellow Bird and tells the story of Whiteclay! Nebraska! and the controversial border hamlet.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Stew Magnuson, Stew/ Hamalainen Magnuson
• Editore: Texas Tech University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.09.2008
• EAN: 9780896726345
• ISBN: 978-0-89672-634-5
• Pagine: 361
• Dimensioni: 159 mm x 241 mm x 32 mm
• Serie: Plains Histories; Plains Histories Series; Plains Histories; Plains Histories Series
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Amerikanische Geschichte, USA Mittlerer Westen, HISTORY / Native American, History - General History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies, HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)