Brave Are My People: Indian Heroes Not Forgotten

By Frank Waters

Book Overview

Pontiac, Sequoyah, Geronimo, Sitting Bull, Chief Joseph, and Chief Seattle. These legendary names are familiar even to the uninitiated in Native American history, yet the life stories of these great spiritual leaders have been largely unknown.

In this, his last book, internationally celebrated author Frank Waters makes vivid the poignant, humorous, and tragic stories of these neglected and heroic Native Americans. From the brilliant tactical abilities of famed warriors to the eloquent oratory of indigenous philosophers, poets, and statesmen, the profiles in Brave Are My People help correct this error of omission.

Now in paperback, Brave Are My People represents a major contribution to Water's remarkable literary work.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804010099
• ISBN13: 9780804010092
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: Swallow Press
• Length: 207 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

A Good Synopsis

This is a good, concise account of many of the nations top Indian leaders from the 1500's to 1900's. Provides enough of a historical background to give each person a proper context in Water's account. Well written, easily read and fluid. An exciting account which gives a clear picture of Indian relations with the white European settlers and the inevitable conflicts that would find all nations. The chapters are short, a book you can easily put down and pick up later. Water's own comments in the book about Native ways and those of today's society is a real eye opener for those that don't think along those lines.