Gift of Power

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"As my father lay dying, he gripped my hand. I felt his power flowing into me until it filled my whole being. At that moment, my life changed altogether from what it had been. My future became something I could only partly sense, like looking at a distant mountain range half hidden in a blue haze. At that moment, the man I had been died, and a new man
took his place. " , r r r
—Archie Fire Lame Deer, from Gift of Power
"In Gift of Power, Archie Fire Lame Deer continues in the wonderful tradition of life-filled, wise, and humorous teachings established in Lame Deer, Seeker of Visions by his father, the Lakota medicine man John Fire, with the expert assistance of Richard Erdoes, who has also organized and edited the present volume."
—Peter Matthiessen, author of In the Spirit of Crazy Horse
and Indian Country
"Gz/i of Power is indeed a gift to those of us who love well-told tales. By bringing us Archie Fire Lame Deer's Lakota memories, Richard Erdoes again has enriched us... Tovább

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"As my father lay dying, he gripped my hand. I felt his power flowing into me until it filled my whole being. At that moment, my life changed altogether from what it had been. My future became something I could only partly sense, like looking at a distant mountain range half hidden in a blue haze. At that moment, the man I had been died, and a new man
took his place. " , r r r
—Archie Fire Lame Deer, from Gift of Power
"In Gift of Power, Archie Fire Lame Deer continues in the wonderful tradition of life-filled, wise, and humorous teachings established in Lame Deer, Seeker of Visions by his father, the Lakota medicine man John Fire, with the expert assistance of Richard Erdoes, who has also organized and edited the present volume."
—Peter Matthiessen, author of In the Spirit of Crazy Horse
and Indian Country
"Gz/i of Power is indeed a gift to those of us who love well-told tales. By bringing us Archie Fire Lame Deer's Lakota memories, Richard Erdoes again has enriched us all."
—Tony Hillerman, author of Coyote Waits and Thief of Time
"The power in the title of this book means magic, a kind of spiritual dream magic that Archie Fire Lame Deer and Richard Erdoes reveal to readers in eloquent words. Although Gift of Power is rooted far back in time, it is as modern as radar and spaceships, as universal as faith and friendships."
—Dee Brown, author of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee Vissza