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This book offers fascinating insights into the world of the pre-reservation Indians. It is a collection of classic essays that examines the universal characteristics of American Indian culture and tradition. This new edition also offers a personal view of Dr. Brown's life and research through his private correspondence from his time on the reservation and sheds insights into his relationship with old time Indian leaders including the legendary Sioux Medicine Man Black Elk.

In the third volume of The Collected Works of Joseph Campbell, 33 of his first essays on the meaning, interpretation, and preservation of myth are presented. Mythology is explored as a production of nature and biology in a number of the essays. The genesis and decline of one particular American Indian legend is explored in others. He also relates his work to then current findings in the archaeological field. Originally published by Viking in 1969. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR