Pages: 352 (Mass Market Paperback) ISBN: 0671888021 Pub: Pocket Books Pub date: 2008-03-17 Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 6119
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Reader Reviews:Life changing/thought provoking.....5 stars is NOT enough. (19/20 people found this helpful)I wouldn't normally review a book, so this will probably sound like a load of rubbish.
Searching for your Grandfather's gun. (21/21 people found this helpful)This book will do more than teach you how to meditate or what stone to pick up off the ground: it will show you what it means to live. Although Lame Deer talks about what he knows of Native American tradition, the glimpse he gives of life through his eyes is more valuable. The tradition is nothing without the fire that lives in the man and this is a book that gives a marvellous account of that fire. Please, do throw some frogskins its way. An insight into the Sioux Native American culture (17/17 people found this helpful)I really enjoyed this book, and it kept me company through the days that I read it. Full of stories of occurances which happened to Lame Deer in his long and rich life...sometimes sobering, sometimes hilarious, but always facinating...thank you to Richard Erodes and Lame Deer for sharing their stories with us...love and light!! it's good (16/25 people found this helpful)This book is good because it was born from an unlikely friendship. Some people maybe should never be together, but the world brings them together for whatever reason. This odd pair, Richard Erdoes and John Fire nee Lame Deer, came together for many reasons, I'm sure, and one of them is the creation of this book. Lame Deer maybe chose Richard, and I feel maybe even gave him the gift to write, cause after this he goes on to do books with Mary Brave Bird and Leonard Crow Dog; letting their stories be told, just as he lets Lame Deer's story to be told. The philosophy expressed, the stories told, and the personality exposed in this book are beyond words. Lame Deer is a straight shooter. He tells it as he sees it. This can be very eye-opening and illuminating. He is real, living in reality, and at a level only very few people ascend to: the Holy Man. Very few of them walk the earth, and even fewer ever have their lives, thoughts, etc. recorded. We should feel happy we can read this, for it has power. I give it one star cause five ant enough, and one makes more sense than a mere five. a book you will never tire of reading again. (10/11 people found this helpful)the life of john lame deer is so rich that everyone will be able to see themselves in one or more of his experiences and reflections. more than just a biography, it is a philosophy and life way for all. Similar ProductsThe Wind is My Mother: The Life and Teachings of a Native American Shaman Mother Earth Spirituality: Native American Paths to Healing Ourselves and Our World (Religion and Spirituality) The Wisdom of the Native Americans (Religion and Spirituality) Gift of Power: Life and Teachings of a Lakota Medicine Man The Mammoth Book of Native Americans: The Story of America's Original Inhabitants in All Its Beauty, Magic, Truth and Tragedy CategoriesAmazon.co.uk places this book into the following categories:
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