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James Welch is the author of four previous novels, including Fools Crow, which won the American Book Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Award. He attended schools on the Blackfeet and Fort Belknap reservations and studied writing under the legendary teacher Richard Hugo. He lives with his wife in Missoula, Montana.
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The Heartsong of Charging Elk
A Novel
Written by James Welch
Format: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: October 2, 2001
Price: $15.95
Charging Elk, an Oglala Sioux, joins Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show and journeys from the Black Hills of South Dakota to the back streets of nineteenth-century Marseille. Left behind in a Marseille hospital after a serious injury while the show travels on, he is forced to remake his life alone in... Read more >
A Novel
Written by James Welch
Format: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: October 2, 2001
Price: $15.95
Charging Elk, an Oglala Sioux, joins Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show and journeys from the Black Hills of South Dakota to the back streets of nineteenth-century Marseille. Left behind in a Marseille hospital after a serious injury while the show travels on, he is forced to remake his life alone in... Read more >
