Voices of the American West, Volume 1 The Indian Interviews of Eli S. Ricker, 1903-1919
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Richard E. Jensen is retired from the Nebraska State Historical Society, where he was senior research anthropologist. His most recent books are The Pawnee Mission Letters, 1834â1851Â and Eyewitness at Wounded Knee, both available from the University of Nebraska Press.âA magnificent achievement to the oral-history sources available on the American West. . . . The strength of the volumes is in the stories told by the interviewees, with their perspectives on key historical events from the Old West, which is equally suited to the student and the academic scholar.ââ<i>American Studies</i>
âRicker proved himself a patient and meticulous oral interviewer, giving voice to people mostly ignored by historians of his day. His subjects document the Ghost Dance as a genuine religious movement, not as a âcrazeâ as described in white accounts. . . . Editor Richard Jensen provides a true service, for having translated Rickerâs arcane handwritten notes into readable form and for his endnotes filled with biographical information.ââJames N. Leiker, <i>Kansas History</i>
âAmazing personal accounts [are] in these volumes. . . . Here is western history at its finestâvivid oral narratives that very well may become the stuff of prize-winning stories, novels, and films.ââ<i>Bloomsbury Review</i>
âThe interviews are a gold mine of information, and researchers will be rewarded for digging through them. Jensen has helped a great deal by organizing the book into three main chapters subdivided by respondent and topic. . . . Ricker left Nebraska and the West an important source of information, and Jensen has made this more user-friendly by his organization and commentary.ââ<i>Great Plains Quarterly</i>
âPriceless sources of information that offer more balanced perspectives on events than were accepted at the time. . . . There is no doubt that the voices and stories captured here in both books will be of significant value.ââ<i>Lincoln Journal Star</i>
"Anyone wishing to know more about Wounded Knee, the Little Bighorn, the history of the western frontier in general, and many other topics will certainly want to refer to Jensen's work."âRick Ewig, <i>North Dakota History</i>
<p>"Another brilliant offering."âDavid Woodbury, <i>of Battlefields and Bibliophiles</i></p>