Post by Henri on Sept 24, 2009 11:21:31 GMT -5
Elk Plain Press, imprint of Susney, Inc., is pleased to announce that its newest publication, Rubbing Out Long Hair: The American Indian Story of the Little Big Horn in Art and Word, is now available for pre-publication orders. Orders may be made from the Susney website via PayPal or checks/money orders sent to the company home address in Spanaway, Washington. In final preparation, the book is slated for release in November, 2009. The pre-publication price of $39.95 plus tax and shipping is available until November 1, 2009. Regular price is $59.95 plus tax and shipping.
Rubbing Out Long Hair is the first reference to publish all known Indian art of the battle of the Little Big Horn River in 1876 in which Lakota and Northern Cheyenne people successfully defended their way of life. 26 Indian artists are showcased in over 230 images, most in full color and are coupled with appropriate narratives from both sides to tell a more complete story than ever before. Some of the art is well known to the general public while most of it is not.
Leslie Tillett's Wind on the Buffalo Grass in 1976 published the works of seven artists (mostly Amos Bad Heart Bull) and provided narratives from 15 participants. Sandra Brizee-Bowen's For All To See in 2003 published 52 of 177 then known pieces of art by 12 artists and integrated testimony from 19 participants. Rubbing Out Long Hair showcases 26 different artists, 194 paintings/drawings with most in color, and incorporates most of the extensive participant narratives. Where allowed, images have been enhanced for study and appreciation.
Among the 194 images are the 62 Amos Bad Heart Bull drawings about the battle shown for the first time together outside of Helen Blish's A Pictographic History of the Oglala Sioux, two Standing Bear muslins not seen before, a White Swan muslin misattributed for a century, and the missing Red Horse drawing shown of course with the other 41 in the set.
Colonel Thomas has crafted a superb reference from which, as he notes in the Preface, a more definitive understanding of this event can begin. He goes on to say "This is not another book about Custer.and may in the end be better recognized for providing the current state of the Indian resources for study." Extensively researched and documented in over 300 pages, Rubbing Out Long Hair will be a major art and battle history reference for quite some time. There simply is no other work like it.
Here is the link,
susney.com/ROLH.htm
Best regards, Henri
Rubbing Out Long Hair is the first reference to publish all known Indian art of the battle of the Little Big Horn River in 1876 in which Lakota and Northern Cheyenne people successfully defended their way of life. 26 Indian artists are showcased in over 230 images, most in full color and are coupled with appropriate narratives from both sides to tell a more complete story than ever before. Some of the art is well known to the general public while most of it is not.
Leslie Tillett's Wind on the Buffalo Grass in 1976 published the works of seven artists (mostly Amos Bad Heart Bull) and provided narratives from 15 participants. Sandra Brizee-Bowen's For All To See in 2003 published 52 of 177 then known pieces of art by 12 artists and integrated testimony from 19 participants. Rubbing Out Long Hair showcases 26 different artists, 194 paintings/drawings with most in color, and incorporates most of the extensive participant narratives. Where allowed, images have been enhanced for study and appreciation.
Among the 194 images are the 62 Amos Bad Heart Bull drawings about the battle shown for the first time together outside of Helen Blish's A Pictographic History of the Oglala Sioux, two Standing Bear muslins not seen before, a White Swan muslin misattributed for a century, and the missing Red Horse drawing shown of course with the other 41 in the set.
Colonel Thomas has crafted a superb reference from which, as he notes in the Preface, a more definitive understanding of this event can begin. He goes on to say "This is not another book about Custer.and may in the end be better recognized for providing the current state of the Indian resources for study." Extensively researched and documented in over 300 pages, Rubbing Out Long Hair will be a major art and battle history reference for quite some time. There simply is no other work like it.
Here is the link,
susney.com/ROLH.htm
Best regards, Henri