by Mari Sandoz (Author), Alan Boye (Introduction by)
In the autumn of 1878 a band of Cheyenne Indians set out from Indian Territory, where they had been sent by the U.S. government, to return to their homeland in Yellowstone country. Mari Sandoz tells the saga of their heartbreaking fifteen-hundred-mile flight. Alan Boye provides an introduction to this Bison Books edition.
Author Biography
A historian and a novelist, Mari Sandoz (1896-1966) is the author of Crazy Horse: The Strange Man of the Oglalas and Old Jules, both available in Bison Books editions. Alan Boye is a professor of English at Vermont's Lyndon State College. He is the author of Holding Stone Hands: On the Trail of the Cheyenne Exodus (Nebraska 2001).
Number of Pages: 284
Dimensions: 0.7 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: October 01, 2005
Accelerated Reader:
Quiz Name: Cheyenne Autumn
Interest Level: Upper Grades, 9-12
Reading Level: 6.9
Point Value: 20