A Book of Indian Tales: Being Some Myths of the North American Indians

165 pp. A collection of Native American folklore, retold by former U.S. Army lieutenant Charles Erskine Scott Wood, who was also an attorney and civil rights activist. He was present at the surrender of Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce during the Nez Perce War in 1877. His list of influential friends is an impressive one: Ansel Adams, Albert M. Bender, Clarence Darrow, Eugene Debs, Emma Goldman, Chief Joseph, Childe Hassam, Robinson Jeffers, Margaret Sanger, and John Steinbeck. He is best known for his 1927 work Heavenly Discourse, a satirical work that drew comparisons to Jonathan Swift and Mark Twain.