Description Here in one volume are Mari Sandoz\'s reminiscences of life in the Sandhills country; a study of the two Sitting Bulls (the Hunkpapa and the Oglala) and other Indian pieces; a novelette, Bone Joe and the Smokin\' Woman ; and nine Short stories, mostly with a rural setting, including The Vine ," her first to be published.
Introduced by an autogiographical sketch of the author\'s early years and linked by a commentary derived from her letters, articles, and interviews, the separate pieces coalesce into an illuminating picture both of the Niobrara River country and of Mari Sandoz\'s emergence as a major American writer..
Description Here in one volume are Mari Sandoz\'s reminiscences of life in the Sandhills country; a study of the two Sitting Bulls (the Hunkpapa and the Oglala) and other Indian pieces; a novelette, Bone Joe and the Smokin\' Woman ; and nine Short stories, mostly with a rural setting, including The Vine ," her first to be published
