Winner of the Spur Award and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. This classic of the West has been heralded as “a deeply spiritual story about the soul journey of a great American hero—Crazy Horse, a visionary and mystic warrior.”
Of all the iconic figures of Native American history, Crazy Horse remains the most mysterious. Ridiculed as a boy for his unusual looks, he grew up to be a man who had no interest in the regalia that his fellow Lakota Sioux warriors coveted.
Yet, he led his people to their most famous victory: the defeat of General Custer at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
Adorned with his distinctive war paint, streaks of lightning and spots of hail, and accompanied by his spirit guide, Hawk, the chief led his Sioux warriors in many of the frontier’s most famous battles from 1865 to 1876.
Called to a destiny of monumental significance and tortured by his deeply passionate love of a beautiful woman, Crazy Horse found peace only in battle.
A visionary who drew inspiration from the eternal wisdom of his people, he discovered the means to defeat the US Army at its own deadly game. To this day, he strides across American history as a man who lived—and died—on his own terms.
Reviews
“A mighty novel, filled with the adventurous truths of one great man who conquered all but deception.” — Max Evans, author of The Rounders
“Stone Song is a classic epic, fit to stand beside Frederick Manfred’s Lord Grizzly and A.B. Guthrie’s The Big Sky.” — Kathleen and Michael Gear, bestselling authors of People of the Lakes
“This novel is a genuine masterpiece. I can’t imagine any book, past, present or future, novel or biography, that can ever approach it in giving the reader a sense of who this mysterious man really was and what he stood for.” — Rocky Mountain News
“One of the most powerful and poetic books written to date. A book that has created a nearly impossible standard for readers to follow, for it touches readers deeply in their souls.” – El Paso Herald
“One of the finest novels to come out of the American West in a long time. It is a spiritual journey as well… A masterpiece.” – Dallas Morning News
“Stone Song is the only significant work of fiction on the Lakota Sioux since Ruth Beebe Hill’s Hanta Yo.” – Library Journal
“The life of Crazy Horse, the greatest war chief of the Sioux Indian nation, is the subject of this moving and authentically detailed novel from Blevins (Snake River). Widely considered to be the finest Indian cavalry tactician of all time, Crazy Horse spent his adult life waging war against the white man. Taught by his uncle, Buffalo Hump, Crazy Horse eagerly embraced the traditional warrior’s skills, honor and purpose, believing that ‘war was not meant to be cold rage but exhilaration.’
“Adorned with his distinctive war paint, streaks of lightning and spots of hail, and accompanied by his spirit guide, Hawk, the chief led his Sioux warriors in many of the frontier’s most famous battles from 1865 to 1876, including the Battle of Little Bighorn. Crazy Horse and his two loves, Black Buffalo Woman and Black Shawl, tried vainly to maintain their freedom, dignity and pride in the face of white encroachment, but they were finally and ironically overwhelmed by jealousy and betrayal at the hands of Sioux rivals.
“A deeply thoughtful and persuasive tribute, Blevins’s novel offers the compelling story of a man destined for triumph and betrayal, but ultimately for glory.” – Publisher’s Weekly