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Book : Prison Writings My Life Is My Sun Dance - Peltier,...

Modelo 12263805
Fabricante o sello St. Martins Griffin
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-Titulo Original : Prison Writings My Life Is My Sun Dance

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St. Martins Griffin

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About the Author Leonard Peltier emerged as a Native American leader in the 1960s, was arrested in 1976 in Canada and extradited. He has been in prison ever since and is now confined at Leavenworth. Prison Writings is his first book.Harvey Arden is the author and co-author of several books, including Wisdomkeepers and Travels in a Stone Canoe (both with Steve Wall) and Noble Red Man. He lives in Washington, D.C. Edited by Harvey Arden, with an Introduction by Chief Arvol Looking Horse, and a Preface by former Attorney General Ramsey Clark.In 1977, Leonard Peltier received a life sentence for the murder of two FBI agents. He has affirmed his innocence ever since--his case was made fully and famously in Peter Matthiessens bestselling In the Spirit of Crazy Horse--and many remain convinced he was wrongly convicted. Prison Writings is a wise and unsettling book, both memoir and manifesto, chronicling his life in Leavenworth Prison in Kansas. Invoking the Sun Dance, in which pain leads one to a transcendent reality, Peltier explores his suffering and the insights it has borne him. He also locates his experience within the history of the American Indian peoples and their struggles to overcome the federal governments injustices. From the Back Cover A deeply moving and very disturbing story of a gross miscarriage of justice and an eloquent cri de coeur of Native Americans for redress, and to be regarded as human beings with inalienable rights guaranteed under the United States Constitution, like any other citizens. We pray it does not fall on deaf ears. America owes it to herself. --Archbishop Desmond M. Tutu, Nobel Peace LaureateFor too long, both Leonards supporters and detractors have seen him as a metaphor, as a public figure worthy of political rallies and bumper stickers, but very rarely as a private man who only wants to go home. I pray this book will bring Leonard home. --Sherman Alexie, author of Indian KillerIt would be inadequate to describe Leonard Peltiers Prison Writings as a classic of prison literature, although it is that. It is also a cry for help, an accusation against monstrous injustice, a beautiful expression of a mans soul, demanding release. --Howard Zinn, author of --A Peoples History of the United StatesListen to this fresh, brave voice, then inform yourself about the shameful case of Leonard Peltier. --Peter Matthiessen, author of In the Spirit of Crazy HorseThis book takes the reader on an emotional and spiritual journey as Leonard Peltiers surprisingly hopeful reflections make the terrible injustice of his imprisonment for 24 years even more difficult to accept. Peltiers important journal details his trial and conviction which was based in part on admittedly false testimony and evidence so inconclusive that reasonable people everywhere have concluded that he should be granted clemency. --Wilma Mankiller, former chief of the Cherokee Nation, and author of MankillerLeonard Peltiers words reveal a wise man who has become freer than his captors, despite his false imprisonment for a crime he did not commit. His thoughts here remind us of our true mission as Indian people, as human beings here on this humble, beautiful planet. These thoughts cannot be captured or locked behind bars, or destroyed by gunfire. They fly free. --Joy Harjo, Muskoke poet and musician, author of The Woman Who Fell From the SkyqlIf you care about justice, read this brave book. If you care about the perpetuation of the white mans justice against the Native American, you must know the Leonard Peltier story. --Gerry Spence, author of Give Me Liberty!
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