Bear's Heart: Scenes from the Life of a Cheyenne Artist of One Hundred Years Ago with Pictures by Himself

by Ann Ross and Burton Supree

Book Overview

A biography of Bear's Heart illustrated with his own drawings done while he and seventy-one other Indians were imprisoned in Florida. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0397317468
• ISBN13: 9780397317462
• Release Date: January 1977
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
• Length: 63 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Story of a Cheyenne Warrior

Bear's Heart is the story of Bear's Heart, a Cheyenne warrior who was taken prisoner by the U.S. Army in 1875, and, along with many of his fellow warriors, and warriors from other nations, was sent to a military prison in Florida. There, like many of the other captives, he spent some of his time documenting his life and experiences through drawings. These drawings were sometimes collected into booklets and either sold or, as in the case of the pictures used for this book, given away as gifts. In this case, the booklet had been given to General William Tecumseh Sherman when he visited the prison in which Bear's Heart was being held in November of 1876. Although intended for children, this book is actually suitable for everyone as Bear's Heart's pictures are a fascinating first-hand account of one Cheyenne's changing world.