Author:
Warren, Louis S. author.
ImprintNew York : Basic Books, [2017]
Descriptionxii, 479 pages : illustratins; 25 cm
Note:Introduction: a hole in the dream -- Genesis -- The messiah and the machine, 1890 -- Great Basin apocalypse -- Birth of the prophet -- The Ghost Dance arrives -- Indian prophet, American magic -- Dispersion -- Seekers from a shattered land -- Plains passage -- Lakota ordeal -- Tin stars and holy power -- Spirit of the Ghost Dance -- Invasion and atrocity -- Persistence and renewal -- The road from Wounded Knee -- Writing the Ghost Dance religion -- Conclusions: the Ghost Dance as modern religion -- Epilogue.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note: Awards2018 winner of the Bancroft Prize.
