Mari Sandoz
Mari Sandoz wrote powerful biographies and historical fiction about the Great Plains, the Sioux, and the frontier. Old Jules, a portrait of her brutal father, is a landmark of Great Plains literature.
Works
- Old JulesBiography of pioneer Jules Sandoz based on the author's family history on the American frontier
- Crazy HorseBiography of the Sioux war leader Crazy Horse and his resistance to American expansion
- Cheyenne AutumnHistorical novel about the Cheyenne tribe's forced march during Indian removal
- Slogum HouseNovel set in Nebraska depicting frontier life and a family's violent dysfunction
- Miss MorissaNovel following a woman doctor's frontier medical practice in the American West