Crashing thunder
Subtitle: the autobiography of an American Indian
By: edited by Paul Radin ; with a foreword and appendix by Arnold Krupat.
Contributors: Radin, Paul, 1883-1959
Series: Ann Arbor paperbacks
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Ann Arbor
Language: eng
Number of pages: 215
Subjects: Blowsnake, Sam; Winnebago Indians -- Biography; Winnebago Indians -- Social life and customs
Genres: Biography
Description: "Paul Radin, one of America's first and most reputable professional anthropologists, lived among the Winnebago Indians for years, and for years he tried without success to interview the notorious younger son of the Blow Snake family, Crashing Thunder.

At last Crashing Thunder agreed to tell Radin his life story, one that Radin calls "a true rake's progress." Speaking through Radin, Crashing Thunder tells of his childhood, stories of Winnebago gods, his appetite for women and beer, and his extraordinary friends and relatives. He also tells of his redemption through his new religion, peyote.

To enhance understanding of the autobiography and its place in anthropology and literature, a new foreword, appendix, and index have been prepared by eminent Native American scholar, Arnold Krupat."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Previously published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 1983

Includes bibliographical references and index