The White Indian Boy: The Story of Uncle Nick Among the Shoshones

by Elijah Nicholas Wilson, Howard R 1873-1963 Driggs, Howard Driggs

Book Overview

What was life like to live among the Native Americans in the nineteenth century? At twelve years old Elijah Nicholas Wilson ran away from his family. Fighting off the constraints of his Mormon... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0963160508
• ISBN13: 9780963160508
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Paragon Press(TN)
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Absolutely spell-binding when I was 8 and again at 14 and again at 74.

How does one man get to do all these things in only one life time? Runaway kid, indian boy, horse tamer, pony express rider, scout, trapper and all the stuff kids wished they could do long before there was space travel. If this guy lived now, he would be hiking the canyons, and craters of Mars as we speak. Great read.

A Grade School Memory

This story was read to me in 4th grade in a small 4 room schoolhouse in Wyoming, just about 60 miles South of the town of Wilson in Star Valley, Wyoming. My teacher read to the class for about 1/2 hour after the lunch recess to calm us down. I have never forgotten this book and at age 60 now am recommending it to a book group of women friends, most I have know for more than 30 years. We will go from the Bay Area of California, to Wyoming near where these events actually happened and review the book. We will go to Wilson, to the little town named after the author.The book fascinated me as a child and as I have re-read it recently, I know it stirs my imagination and wonder again about the real experiences of this young boy with incredible courage and good luck. At his age I would have loved nothing more than to have done just as he did. Knowing the experiences he had, so very well expressed, I can imagine any child or adult with an active imagination for a life in the "Old West" will dream to have been this "white" Indian Boy. I recommend it as a gift for both young girls and boys to see the past from the perspective of a boy who really did go to another culture and had an incredible adventure. I wish it could of been me!

A great way to explore western history

This book is about my great uncle. Growing up in South east Idaho, it really gave me a lot of insight on my heritage and the area. It is very interesting. Most of the time history books are boring, but not in this case. This book is a real page turner. Reading it seems so real that you can actually laugh out loud and imagine yourself in the great old west! I recommend this book to everyone, not only is it real history, but a great story too!

The book I remember and loved the most from my childhood..

When I was a child in elementary school, 60 plus years ago, one of my favorite teachers used to read to my class for approximately 15 minutes a day out of the book, The White Indian Boy. This only occurred, however, if we were good boys and girls and did all of our work first. It was a great incentive for all of us to do our very best. I remember vividly looking forward to that magical time with great anticipation, as did the rest of the boys and girls in my class. It was a thrilling depiction of a boy and his adventures with the Shoshone Indians, whom he eventually grew to love. It was a revealing, wonderful story of what life was actually like living among the Indians in that day, and made them, as a people, seem far less fearful to me, as a child, than I had always been lead to believe. I remember being very happy that the young boy eventually made the decision to leave his Indian friends and return to his own family in Utah.

True story!Young boy runs away to live with the Indians.

A delight for both adults and children. Accurate portrayal of Indian life. Lively storytelling in the first person. Photographs of Indians, author. Loved this book as a child and have read it to my children. A favorite and a most rare look into an accurate portrayal of a time in our western history. Highly recommended.

Excellent biography of pioneers and Indian Interactions

For those who like well-written and true-to-life biographies, this is the book! Wilson and Driggs describe a realistic view of the Shoshone Indian's interactions with white pioneer settlers. You will find the writing both captivating and enjoyable!