Thunder Rides a Black Horse: Mescalero Apaches and the Mythic Present - Softcover

Farrer, Claire R

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9780881337891: Thunder Rides a Black Horse: Mescalero Apaches and the Mythic Present

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ISBN 10: 0881337897 ISBN 13: 9780881337891

Publisher: Waveland Press Inc, 1994

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Thunder Rides a Black Horse Mescalero by Claire R Farrer.

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Titles of related interest from Waveland Press: Basso, The Cibecue Apache (ISBN 9780881332148); and Hultkrantz, Native Religions of North America: The Power of Visions and Fertility (ISBN 9780881339857).

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"Farrer's latest book crystallizes her previous work into its most powerful form to date. . . . It comes as a surprise to recognize, after finishing it, how much deep knowledge it has imparted and how cleverly it is constructed. It creates the ambience for the reader to enter the Apache mythic present." -- Anthropology and Humanism

"Foremost among the volume's many strengths is its engaging, highly readable, reflexive writing style. Descriptions of sights, smells, sounds, and colors are vivid, and the people come alive." -- American Anthropologist

"Thunder Rides a Black Horse is an excellent ethnography that makes the Mescalero Apache come to life and the author, Claire R. Farrer, a real person. The final chapter when she returns to a people she has worked with for 40 years not only brings the reader up to date but also introduces a new set of problems that confront their tribe. There is no sense of being `stuck in the past,' only a historical depth that takes the people into the future. Highly recommended for cultural anthropology classes and Native American courses." -- Robert McPherson, College of Eastern Utah

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