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Black Elk: The Life of an American Visionary

byJoe Jackson

Focused on the Life of an American Visionary, Black Elk brings Joe Jackson's biographical portrait to a complex and consequential subject. By tracing causes alongside consequences, the narrative gives readers both a grounded account and a route into the wider field of biography & autobiography. The result avoids a single easy lesson, emphasizing instead how circumstances, institutions, and individual choices interacted over time. Black Elk leaves readers with key context and a clear view of the human stakes involved. The approach makes a specialized subject understandable without stripping away its tensions or ambiguity.

Publisher

Picador Paper

Publication date

Nov 07, 2017

Format

Print edition

Pages

640

ISBN

9781250141255