American Indian Legends of the Holy Man
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This intriguing worldwide search for origins of extant American Indian legends leads to the obscure beginnings of an ancient race. The trail of antiquity passes through North and South America, Europe, Asia and Africa. Eight years of research finds that early peoples of the Western Hemisphere may have known Christianity before Saints Patrick, Augustine, and Boniface converted Europe. In this volume, confronting man’s origin and destiny strikes with a force like no other, a hidden chord in every human being who ventures back through unrecorded time. Further, it unearths global vistas for future readers of stone, bone, and, especially, of secret myths held sacred for millennia.
About the Author
Mary Eisenman Carson spent eighteen years on the Yankton Sioux Reservation. These formative years inspired her to write American Indian Legends of the Holy Man, as well as her 1989 book Blackrobe for the Yankton Sioux: Fr. Sylvester Eisenman, O.S.B. (1891-1948). From Loretto Heights College in Denver, Colorado, and the Register College of Journalism, Mary Carson joined the staff of the National Catholic Register, where she won awards from the National Federation of Press Women and Colorado Press Women. She accompanied her husband Bill Carson on U.S. Department of State assignments to Bolivia and the Dominican Republic. In the latter capital, then called Ciudad Trujillo, she studied at the ancient Universidad de Santo Domingo, and taught English. Later studies in Asian literature, and volunteer work with foreign students, led to trips to Turkey and Japan. In Wyoming and Idaho she taught Spanish and English, and dedicated years of research into Indian history and customs, as a result of her lifelong attachment to those cultures. Mary Carson now resides in Seattle, Washington.