Mystic Warriors of the Plains
Author Thomas E Mails
1972
ISBN 1 56924 843 5
The culture, arts, crafts and religion of the Plains Indians.
A huge 618 page book chronicling the Plains Nations. Profusely illustrated throughout with complete and detailed sections on notes made throughout the book, along with a full index and bibliography.
A wonderful encyclopedia that I searched 12 years to find. Having finally got it imported from a bookshop in Mount Penn, PA it now resides pride of place among my other books, protected all the time still in it's original wrapping and posting box.
I find that I turn to this book again and again. Each time I read I find I learn something new. A vast resource and a wonderfully clear and precise writing style makes this book one you would WANT to come back to.
If this is an area that interests you - you must try to find it - although not always easy.
Listed as being used by Kevin Costner as a resource text for the film Dances With Wolves.