Amorous Exploits Of A Young Rakehell

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Fast Moving but ultimately empty

A sexual awakening story of young Roger ...

A Lighthearted Romp

Amorous Exploits Of A Young Rakehell
Guillaume Apollinaire
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ASIN: 1596540605

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Apollinaire's account of a 15-year-old budding libertine's summer on the farm, where he congresses with maids, servants, passersby, an aunt and finally a sister, while outside the manor peasants go for creatures of the four-legged variety, is a classic unparalleled in its content, brevity and wit.

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Guillaume Apollinaire's account of a 15-year-old budding libertine's summer on the farm, where he congresses with maids, servants, passersby, an aunt and finally a sister, while outside the manor peasants go for creatures of the four-legged variety, is a classic unparalleled in its content, brevity and wit.

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Fast Moving but ultimately empty.......2007-08-21

This is a story of a young man who has NEVER experienced physical intimacy with women and is now going to make up for "lost time". The action is rapid. The physical activity is well-described.

However, the women are -- essentially -- so shallow as to be "puppets". Every woman described "gives in" to our hero with only the faintest of protests. Even his sister who has a boy friend / fiance gets "moving right along". The closest that we see to a "build-up" and some level of protest is with the Aunt and even there, the objections are almost just pro-forma. I mean, is it really likely that a fairly religious woman would have NO objections to incest? I am willing to accept that the "lower classes" in the story are really amoral but even here, I would think that there would be SOME discrimination as to who a woman chooses to sleep with. If all the hero has to do is promise a trinket to get some wench to "put out" for him, then what sort of impression are we supposed to form? That these women have NO self-pride? I would have preferred to see some "build-up" where the hero has to overcome the "scruples" of the women over time before finally reaching his goal.

The endng is a bit contrived. After "knocking up" these women (including his sister!), he is able to very conveniently marry everyone off.... All's well that ends well but I am sure that this could have been more developed.

On the other hand, this may have been one of Apollinaire's first efforts. So, read it , enjoy it, but do not expect too much....

A sexual awakening story of young Roger ..........2002-04-03

Young Roger is taken to the French countryside chateaux by his mother, aunt and sister for a Summer at the age of 15 and discovers that there is more to life than playing hide and go seek.

Starting with the fact Roger used to take baths with his sister till he was about 14 and she was 15 while the 27 virginal Aunt took special care to make sure they bathed and dried themselves properly, there was very little in the way of male company to teach our budding libertine that it's good to look but you're not supposed to touch .... Of course trhe encouragemnt he received from all the women around him made his life like a sensual and libidinous heaven on earth ....

This book is an old and established member of erotica and I have seen it published in it's entirety in some other multi erotica novels. Unfortunately that makes these small Wordworth Classic Erotica editions probably the most expensive books on the market..... So if ya got the bucks it is one of the best ...

A Lighthearted Romp.......2001-11-24

This book tells of the sexual awakening of a young man named Roger, and how he goes about slaking his burning lust (with the maids, his aunt, his sisters...). So in other words, no real plot here. The first half of the book is a tease where we read about the things that ignite young Roger's passion. The second half has Roger seeing non-stop action. Lot's of good, dirty, fun...

The Amorous Exploits of a Young Rakehell

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The Amorous Exploits of a Young Rakehell
Gullaume Appollinaire
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The Amorous Exploits of a Young Rakehell / the Debauched Hospodar

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The Amorous Exploits of a Young Rakehell / the Debauched Hospodar

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2 novels! Collector's edition! Introduction by H. Angelino, Ph.D.. G. Apollinaire is one of the most influential writiers of the century. This was the first time two of his best known novels are brought together into one book: (1) Amorous Exploits of a Young Rakehell. Summertime at the Chateau...Roger cast aside innocence and attains manhood, but with a style unique in the annals of love. (2)Debauched Hospodar. The picaresque adventures of a madcap Prince, Mony Vibescu. Recalled from his amorous sack of Paris to serve Imperial Russia against Japan, Mony falls ignominious victim to an erotic vow, only to emerge heroically as ...The Saviour of Mukden!

Two Novels: The Amorous Exploits of a Young Rakehell; The Debauched Hospodar

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Two Novels: The Amorous Exploits of a Young Rakehell; The Debauched Hospodar

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,,A book which, according to Ralph Ginzburg (in an Unhurried View Of Erotica) is "regarded as...without peer for extravagance of lubricity..."and"...the biggest seller on the Paris erotic book market today". Two of Guillaume Apollinaire's best known novels: The Amorous Exploits of a Young Rakehell and The Debauched Hospodar.

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AMOROUS EXPLOITS OF A YOUNG RAKEHELL
Guillaume Apolinaire
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Amorous Exploits of a Young Rakehell
Guilla Apollinaire
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okay sequel.......2007-02-07

Summoned to Tourney is the follow-up to Knight of Ghosts and Shadows. Eric, Beth and Kory are now a threesome (in every sense) and are on the run from the "Feds" due to an incident that took place in the previous volume. This time, they face more peril when Kory, Beth plus several other friends are kidnapped by a Mad Scientist who all but twirls his mustache. Mad Scientist wants to control their powers, and maybe take over the world at the same time. It's up to the trio, their elf friends and a savvy scientist to stop him, or disaster will strike.

Like the first, it could use more character development. We get little glimpses of each one, but not much more. But it's an absorbing read nonetheless, if you like this kind of fantasy.

Decent Enough Sequel.......2006-01-02

Knight of Ghosts and Shadows was an excellent first start for this particular series. Very enjoyable. Fast-paced plot, excellent character flaws that lead to well-defined character development. The shame of it is that Summoned to Tourney just doesn't quite live up to KoG&S. Parts of the plot are fairly flat, and the character development is continued to some degree. However, the plot is a little too fast paced, and somewhat thin in places. Still, the characters will keep you riveted to the pages. Not top notch in comparison to KoG&S, but still a good book to have on the shelf.

I thought this was a very good and entertaining book........1999-08-09

Once again, Mercedes Lackey has written a very entertaining book. The characters were well thought out, and I thought that the way they were further developed was very well done. The plot, while slow at first, only got better as the book progressed. A must read for all Lackey fans.

Poorly thought out sequel to a cute book........1998-10-30

This is the concept of Mall Elves taken to it's farthest extreme. Knight of Ghost and Shadows was a cute, fairly brainless book about elves in L.A. In Summoned to Tourney, our intrepid hero, his girlfriend and their elf all move up to San Francisco. All well and good. Trying to hide from the authorities on a basis so flimsy that I can't bring myself to recount it here, they have changed names, and faces. To something far more distinctive. While some scenes of elves in the modern world are fun and amusing, the bulk of the book leaves the reader with a sour taste.

Especially when they knock the only character with a brain out of the action in the fourth chapter. And Tom'O'Bedlam is never a good idea for a cover identity. When the elves start to imitate the Rocky Horror Picture Show, there is a problem.

For hardcore Lacky fans only. The book is fine, so long as you don't attempt to _think_ about it. Becuase thinking is the one thing that these characters are not doing. I know that Lacky and Goun _can_ write. But something went horribly wrong in the process of creating this book.

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Fascinating

Projections: Science Fiction in Literature and Film
Lou Anders
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ASIN: 1932265120

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Examines the history and people, the science and the society, the lives, times and themes, the cultural impact and the critical response of the dynamic genre that is speculative fiction.

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Fascinating.......2004-10-01

A single word came to mind after I read this book.

Fascinating.

This is not a book about SF cinema, speculative fiction, Sci-Fi, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, the classic tales of science fiction, or B-movie monsters. It is about the intersection of those things, the blending, morphing, and contrasting - the speculative spectrum running from the big screen to the paperback. An interesting topic, but what makes it a fascinating topic, is that this book is written from a science fiction perspective, by many of the SF writers whose work has helped shape just what written science fiction has become. These include amongst others, such writers as Robert Silverberg, David Brin, Michael Swanwick, Catherine Asaro, Sean McMullen, Michael Moorcock, Robert Sawyer, Mike Resnick, Lucius Shepard, and James Gunn. When you read the fiction of these writers, you can always hear something of them running beneath the work, a voice that is uniquely theirs, at times easy to hear, at other times only a whisper. In PROJECTIONS, these writers have been pulled out front and center, from behind their fictional words, voices booming, to discuss the SF world about them (whether found in film or the written form). This adds an entirely new dimension to these writers fictional work. I discovered that the excitement and sense of wonder that these writers bring to their fiction is not simply because they have mastered the tools of writing SF (which of course they have), but because they find the world around them, the world of here and now, to be an SF place - amazing and science fictional, both frightening and full of promise. The pieces by Swanwick and Sawyer particularly struck me in this regard - these two writers obviously live in the future. I also found the book a good mix of the serious and the entertaining. While critical analysis by John Clute and John Grant details just what science fiction and fantasy tells us about ourselves and our world, on a lighter side, Lucius Shepard in the guise of H.G. Wells, offers up his opinion on the various cinematic incarnations of his works of fiction. And when Shepard examines the X-Men film, the reader knows that a chapter entitled eXcreMENt is not going to be a dry and academic review (and even introduces us to the concept of evaluating SF films by comparing them to different pizzas).

Lou Anders has assembled a wide range of SF writers and critics, examining the science fictional nature of both entertainment and our world, from more perspectives than one would have thought possible. This can be read from cover to cover just like a novel, and then put on the reference bookshelf, where it will be pulled down again and again to check on an opinion and insight.

In the interest of full disclosure, I have also contributed a chapter to this book - whether it works, or is even worth reading, is for others to say. But my contribution aside, there are 28 other chapters from some of science fictions most fascinating voices, whose perspectives on SF in all its many forms, makes this book a must have for any reader or viewer of science fiction in its various forms.

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This is the book that taught me to bake bread

many years later

I DID IT!

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The Tassajara Bread Book
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Good bread needs more than just flower and water, milk, or eggs. It requires nurturing and care. In this twenty-fifth anniversary edition of the international best-seller that started a generation of Americans baking, Ed Brown shows how to make—and enjoy—breads, pastries, muffins, and desserts for today's sophisticated palates. And in a new afterword, he reflects on the widespread influence of the book and offers five new recipes.

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This is the book that taught me to bake bread.......2007-09-23

I bought this book decades ago and still turn to it almost weekly. Before reading the Tassajara Bread Book I'd never baked a successful loaf; after, I've never had a failure. Most highly recommended.

many years later.......2007-08-20

I bought this book nearly 33 years ago and baked my first breads using these wonderful recipes. This book inspired me to bake 100% whole wheat breads and share them with my friends in college. I am now a professional baker and write cookbooks of my own, it is wonderful to see this book still in print and inspiring bakers to make simple outstanding breads.
This is a must have for every bread baker.

I DID IT!.......2007-08-13

I read the detailed directions, followed them step-by-step, and ended up with two amazing loaves of home-baked, moist, brown, light delicious bread on my very first attempt. Only advice: allow yourself time to really enjoy the whole process, and suddenly you understand what Zen is all about, too.

My "most read" book.......2007-06-26

I learned to bake bread with this book twenty years ago. I am not a cook or a baker. But I LOVE making bread with this book. Every few years, when I need to return to simple things, I pull out my stained and battered copy of this book and begin making bread again. I have read this book far more times than any other book I own.

Most Important Book to a Kitchen.......2007-06-11

I love Ed Brown. I love Tassajara. My early childhood memories are going to Tassajara and smelling the bread as I walked down the dusty path...These recipes will stir any soul.

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A simply wonderful vegetarian cookbbook
Every Single Recipe in this Book is Terrific!
BUY THIS BOOK!!!

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Release Date: 2000-09-26

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In a friendly and informal style, Ed Brown presents the recipes that have made the kitchen at the Tassajara Zen Center famous for more than thirty years. "Ordinary food for ordinary people" is the way Brown once described his approach, but there's nothing ordinary about these culinary offerings. From appetizers to desserts, the over two hundred recipes use the freshest ingredients in ways that will tantalize the palates of everyone from down-home vegetarians to the most discriminating gourmet cooks. The recipes are interspersed throughout with line drawings, photographs of the center and its environs, and Brown's own poetry. This revised edition includes twenty-nine new and four revised recipes, new photographs, and a new introduction.

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A simply wonderful vegetarian cookbbook.......2005-05-14

The Tassajara Recipe Book is a great cookbook for families moving to a vegetarian diet(like mine). The recipes are delicious, simple to follow and use common ingredients available at the grocery store.

Edward Espe Brown's commentaries, descriptions and poems are thoughtful and full of humor.

Every Single Recipe in this Book is Terrific!.......2003-10-17

Every single recipe in this book is amazing-- they are all wonderfully balanced and do not call for hard-to-find ingredients.

The collection features a good blend of exotic, gourmet, health, and American-traditional dishes (with a touch of flair, of course!) Check the index under sample pages for listings.

Instructions are straight-forward and easy to follow, however there are no pictures or diagrams to help (but for most people, the written instructions will be sufficient.) The book helps you develop a sense of intuition with cooking, sometimes the techniques are open-ended.

This is among the best and unique recipe books I have.

BUY THIS BOOK!!!.......2000-12-05

This is a wonderful collection of vegetarian recipes presented in an easy-to-follow format. I recently lived at Tassajara for several years, and spent much of that time on the kitchen crew. I am delighted that this new edition includes so many recipes that I forgot to copy down when I left! Vegetarian cooking in this country has graduated its early dependency on dairy and carbo-laden meals to an incredible variety of healthy and satisfying dishes. Ed's new edition keeps the best of the original Tassajara recipes and adds some of the latest community favorites to the mix. And the most important flavor of all, that of the Tassajara community, can still be savored in Ed's poems and anecdotes about Zen practice and daily living in the valley monastery which inspired this book and continues to inspire so many people today.

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Good introduction to basic training, but no new information.......2007-08-24

This book would be great for anyone considering a Siberian Husky, or a new dog owner as it contains basic dog care tips and an introduction to training techniques. I was looking for a book with some special hints for training huskies (as they can be difficult dogs to train) and was disappointed. Although the title is 'How to Train You Siberian Husky' a large amount of space in the book is dedicated to caring for your dog - not training.

I needed immediate help with my Husky........2005-08-31

I adopted a 4 month old Husky who was completely out of control. I was desperate to find help. This book contained the answers that I needed to control this pup. Thank you!

Train your Siberian the easy way..........2005-05-07

Training a Siberian Husky is quite a challenge considering the personality of a Siberian. They are playful, independent, and intelligent. You have to take these traits into consideration and go from there. Treats are about the only motivator I have found to get one moving and I don't mean the ones from the grocery store. Very smart, a Siberian will work if she wants to work or provided there is a benefit. If you own one or are thinking of getting one, please read this book. Siberian Huskies for Dummies is also a good choice as well. This book is very short with concise instructions. I think even a mature teenager could manage to train with this book.

How to Train Your Siberian Husky (Tr-105).......2004-01-05

I highly recommend this book to anyone wanting to learn how to train their Sibe... Good sound info with heartfelt pictures. It will be one of my quick referral book when needed...

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Lyle Price Guide to Uncommon Antiques and Oddities (Lyle)
Anthony Curtis
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Strange! Bizarre! And Valuable!

Here's the newest price guide to the oddest treasures from auctions, flea markets, and garage sales!

Filled with everything from the offbeat and quirky to the truly bizarre, this indispensible guide takes a look at some of the most unusual items that surface at auctions, flea markets, and garage sales. With over 1500 photographs, each item illustrated and fully described, this edition is a must for the uncommon collector and dealer alike.

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"His narrative is griping....Mr. Utley transforms Sitting Bull, the abstract, romanticized icon and symbol, into a flesh-and-blood person with a down-to-earth story....THE LANCE AND THE SHIELD clears the screen of the exaggerations and fantasies long directed at the name of Sitting Bull."
THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
Reviled by the United States government as a troublemaker and a coward, revered by his people as a great warrior chief, Sitting Bull has long been one of the most fascinating and misunderstood figures in American history. Now, distinguished historian Robert M. Utley has forged a compelling new portrait of Sitting Bull, viewing the man from the Lakota perspective for the very first time to render the most unbiased and historically accurate biography of Sitting Buil to date.
WINNER OF THE SPUR AWARD FOR BEST WESTERN NONFICTION
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The Lance and the Shield.......2007-01-22

Well researched and well rounded text. The story of Sitting Bull is
told with respect for the man and his people without adulation. Sitting Bull's story is one of strength,integrity,and courage with enduring inspiration.

Tatanka Yatanka, Chief of Chiefs.......2006-09-15

Robert Utley does a fine job of describing the world and worldview of the nineteenth century Plains Indians in this engaging biography of the greatest of the chiefs of the Sioux Nation, Sitting Bull.

Sitting Bull was a traditionalist. Simply put, he lived the way Wakantanka, the Great Spirit, decreed. His life's task was to maintain the culture and lifestyle of his people. Mr. Utley paints us a surprisingly complex and sympathetic portrait of Sitting Bull. In Tatanka Yatanka, the man and the times had met.

Sitting Bull came into a Sioux world which had only recently seen the tribe's transformation from a woodland people to the quintessential quasi-nomadic buffalo hunters of legend. The Sioux largely defined themselves by war, the hunt, and their relationship with both the natural world and the spirit world, between which they made no distinction.

Sitting Bull's lifespan coincided with the slow destruction of the buffalo culture at the hands of Euro-Americans. Dedicated as they were to settling the wilderness country, the Whites finally denuded the Sioux of virtually everything imaginable. As the grand "refusenik" of the Indian nations, Sitting Bull rose to become a remarkably eclectic war chief, tribal leader, wise man and holy man of the Hunkpapa Sioux. He encapsulated in himself all of the greatest virtues of the Sioux, becoming the only High Chief the Sioux tribes were ever to have.

But Sitting Bull, also encapsulated all the weaknesses of his people. Understanding and valuing only those things that were time-honored, he was (unlike his contemporary Chief Red Cloud) constitutionally incapable of grasping the import of the vast changes that were undermining his world even as the sun rose every day. Temperamentally unable to appreciate any mode of thought that was not Sioux, he was reactionarily set against any accommodation with the Whites, long resisted formalized alliances with peoples other than his own, and maintained intact the historical friendships and enmities that marked Sioux relations with other tribes. As a result, the Whites branded him as the leader of "hostiles" and "renegades." Yet, it is clear that Sitting Bull did not hate Whites so much as he would have much preferred of the White Man and the Indian that the twain should never have met.

Unfortunately, this was not to be the case, and Sitting Bull fought a valiant rearguard action against White encroachment in a desperate and ultimately vain attempt to preserve the Sioux way of life. His greatest triumph against Custer at the Little Bighorn, was a pyrrhic victory marking the end of everything this gallant man had fought to preserve. Little Bighorn led to the virtual extinction of the Indian nations as free peoples, their mass hypnosis by the Ghost Dance movement, the tragic Wounded Knee Massacre, and Sitting Bull's own death at the hands of fellow Sioux.

During his life and after, Sitting Bull became a symbol of resistance and determination, a living legend and a man whose heart and mind did not countenance surrender.

A fine book, well worth your time and attention, THE LANCE AND THE SHIELD is a testament to one man's spirit and fortitude in the face of an ultimate disaster.

Powerful, gripping.......2006-09-12

A proud man. Chief of chiefs.
Sitting Bull was one of the last to give in to the encroachment of manifest destiny. He fought countless battles, of which the Custer clash being the most famous, to save his people's way of life, culture and heritage. Seems as though every time he attempted a compromise with the government, he was duped.
With provisions running low and no where to go, he went into exile to Canada, the "grandmother land", where he and his people were treated kindly.
After a few years of Canadian hospitality, provisions and food ran low again. The U. S. government once more convinced him to surrender ponies and weapons and to live at the reservations. Due to hunger he and his people went back to the Dakotas. Little did Sitting Bull realize he was to be held as prisoner of war for a year and a half.
Then it was life on the reservation which must have been agonizing for him. He did get to travel and see other parts of the country (Buffalo Bill Show, etc.) but his way of life had changed forever. His death was piercing and still somewhat of a mystery.

Great Biography!.......2006-08-22

Utley has written a fascinating account of the life of Sitting Bull, perhaps the best known and certainly one of the most influential chiefs of the Sioux Indians. Relying substantially on interviews of Sitting Bull's contemporaries conducted by Professor Walter Stanley Campbell in the 1920s and 1930s, Utley also draws upon other Indian and Anglo accounts and a wealth of military documentation.

Sitting Bull was born in the 1830s, probably 1831, and probably at Many Caches in what became Dakota Territory. His father Sitting Bull was chief of the Hunkpapa tribe of the Sioux nation. Notwithstanding his lineage, the activities and lessons of his youth were the same as those of other young Hunkpapas. He learned to pray, fight, and live according to Sioux principles. By the time he was a young man, he had surpassed nearly everyone, peers and elders alike, in those capacities. His faith in Lakota spirituality was unshakeable; his fighting capability, including the extent of his bravery, was the greatest of the Hunkpapas, and ultimately would become the greatest of the Sioux nation; and he lived with concern not for himself but for his people, generous to the point of poverty. In the mid-1850s, he became a Wichasha Wakan, or someone with the gift of periodical prophesy through dreams and visions. Among the best known of these would be his stunningly accurate prediction of Custer's defeat at Little Big Horn.

Sitting Bull's first interactions with white people came in trade. The Hunkpapas would exchange buffalo robes with French Canadians for firearms and metal tools. The Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 would mark the beginning of new, less friendly relations with whites. Terms of the treaty were much too difficult for either party to uphold, precipitating the conflict that would last until Wounded Knee nearly forty years later. In fairly short order, the Sioux would realize that the arrival of whites necessitated a war if they were to survive as a people. At this point, Sitting Bull became almost literally and certainly figuratively the lance of his people, employing his favorite weapon in leading his warriors in battle. By 1868, however, fractures were apparent in the never particularly cohesive Sioux nation, and many Sioux chiefs thought of accepting the whites' offer of a reservation. Sitting Bull and several others, most notably Crazy Horse, refused to consider abandoning the free life the Sioux had always led, choosing instead to live free or die trying. Gradually, however, those who felt as did Sitting Bull dwindled in number, unable to survive the war of attrition the whites fought and the decline of the buffalo. In the early 1870s Sitting Bull, now about forty by most accounts, completed Utley's metaphor by becoming the shield for his people. His exceptional prowess as a warrior had granted him the loyalty of and leadership over many Sioux peoples beyond even his own Hunkpapas. Growing older, however, he increasingly, although grudgingly, turned over the actual fighting to younger warriors and became a leader of his people in faith and life.

In 1877, following devastating winters and defeats, Sitting Bull led what remained of his followers into Canada. Having gained freedom from American persecution, he then tried to keep his people alive even as the buffalo continued to disappear. Notwithstanding good relations with some of the Canadian troops, and generally favorable arrangements, he created political difficulties for Canada. Besides pushing aside existing Canadian Indians, his presence also impaired Canada's relationship with the United States. Canada then pressured him to leave, and partly as a result of this pressure, but more because the buffalo had vanished and his people were starving, Sitting Bull returned to the United States in 1881 and surrendered.

His life thereafter was a mixture of the remarkable and the mundane. At various times he lived on a reservation, resided in jail, and toured the country as a kind of national sensation, the latter most famously with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Throughout he continued to push for the rights of his people and the return of their native lands, even though his followers grew fewer and fewer. Having once been among the greatest warriors in the history of the Sioux, then having ascended further into the unprecedented position of leadership over the Sioux nation, he struggled with subordination to white peoples he considered well beneath him. For nine years he accumulated enemies--both white and Indian--and lost followers as a result of his vanity and pride. Furthermore, even if he would not realize it, life had changed for the Sioux people, and he was no longer a respected spokesperson. In December of 1890 he was murdered by his own people during a botched arrest, which itself was to have been an artificial means of removing him from the scene. Largely considered a disgrace to the Sioux, he was buried with no honor whatsoever, and his actual gravesite remains unknown even today.

Utley's biography is an exceptional piece of history. His greatest challenge throughout was providing a scholarly biography of a man from a completely different culture, without letting his own culture seep in. In that, he succeeds admirably. His second greatest challenge was the lack of primary source material on the pre-white days of his subject; the Sioux did not keep written records, and later white interviewers were not interested in recording such relatively dull facts as comprised Sitting Bull's early life. Utley adroitly maneuvers around this substantial obstacle by telling the story of the Sioux nation as best it is known, thereby providing a foundation from which would spring the Sitting Bull of middle-aged life about whom much was recorded. A brilliant approach, and one not easily carried off. Utley does it as flawlessly as one possibly can. Furthermore, although his approach was to build his biography by historical methods as opposed to the methods of literature his predecessor Campbell employed, his book remains as readable as popular western fiction. The prose is so fluid and the story so gripping, one ought to be forgiven if one forgets he is reading nonfiction. From an academic perspective, this book is of value to scholars on Sitting Bull for obvious reasons, but also for those needing a factual foundation for Sioux culture and its interplay with white invaders. Therefore, I heartily recommend this book to all readers, regardless of background.

Compelling narration of a great leader.......2004-06-27

Ever since my childhood, I have always been enamored of the Native Indians. It wasn't the Indian of the Cowboy tv shows where they were portrayed as idiots or savages ~~ but as the people who were close to nature and the spiritual world.

This book does not disappoint. This is a very concise portrayal of Sitting Bull from an author who took great pains to portray Sitting Bull as how the Indians viewed him and as how as the Whites viewed him. He didn't allow his emotions cloud the facts ~~ it was very obvious that he took time to research the facts and present them without boring the reader to tears. He showed Sitting Bull as the greatest Sioux leader of all time and how he worked to unite the Lakotas and the Hunkpapas as well as other Indian nations together to defeat the White invasion. He also presented the facts that allowed the readers to be aware of why the Indian battles were a losing cause ~~ simply because there were more of the Whites coming. There were not enough Indians to keep populating the land.

This is one of the most in-depth research I've read and enjoyed on any Indian leader. This one goes beyond Sitting Bull and talk about the problems the Indians faced ~~ and yes, it does have some moments in there where you just allow your emotions to override the story ~~ Sitting Bull may not have had it easy but he sure didn't make it easy for the US military or the Indian agents on the reservations. He gave back as good as he could ~~ and he never quit fighting for his people. He is admirable not only as a man, but as a leader. This is definitely a worth-while reading for anyone who is interested in history ~~ especially Native American Indian history.

6-26-04

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This report was created for strategic planners, international executives and import/export managers who are concerned with the market for scabbards, shields, swords, cutlasses, bayonets, lances, and parts thereof. With the globalization of this market, managers can no longer be contented with a local view. Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics that appear several years after the fact. I have developed a methodology, based on macroeconomic and trade models, to estimate the market for scabbards, shields, swords, cutlasses, bayonets, lances, and parts thereof for those countries serving the world market via exports or supplying from various countries via imports. I do so for the current year based on a variety of key historical indicators and econometric models.

On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners approaching the world market face a number of questions. Which countries are supplying scabbards, shields, swords, cutlasses, bayonets, lances, and parts thereof? What is the dollar value of these imports? How much do the imports of scabbards, shields, swords, cutlasses, bayonets, lances, and parts thereof vary from one country to another? Do exporters serving the world market have similar market shares across the importing countries? Which countries supply the most exports of scabbards, shields, swords, cutlasses, bayonets, lances, and parts thereof? Which countries are buying their exports? What is the value of these exports and which countries are the largest buyers?

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