The Powwow Highway (Contemporary Fiction, Plume) [Mass Market Paperback]

David Seals (Author)

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Mass Market Paperback: 293 pages
• Publisher: Plume (January 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0452263778
• ISBN-13: 978-0452263772
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #349,887 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

DAVID SEALS - A Writer in many genres, for 45 years, with a dozen of his published novels listed on Amazon & Kindle (from Penguin, Random House, CreateSpace); and anthologies of essays and excerpts of stage plays and screenplays (from Thunder's Mouth Press, Nation Books, & others) especially his essay "The New Custerism" about Native films in 'Cinema Nation: The Best Writing on Film from The Nation, 1913-2000'; film and TV scripts from Handmade Films {'Powwow Highway' produced by George Harrison and winner of numerous awards for feature-length comedy-drama at Sundance Film Festival, as well as Film Festivals in San Francisco, Montreal, Milan, etc.}; and HBO, PBS, and on new computer-streaming sites. His newest collection is 'Four Plays' which are 3 original, full-length dramas for theatre/feature film-video - 'Animal Medicine', 'Abduction at Flagstaff', and 'The First Folio'[script available free on www.scribd.com]; and 'The Prince of Libya'[full script free on www.scribd.com] adapted from his 1999 novel (on Amazon in paperback & kindle) 'The Libyad'.
Much of the blank-verse poetry of the Epic 'The Creation Myth', in the ten volume series 'Herodeia Decalogue',is excerpted throughout the plays and science essays, and particularly in the paperback 'The Herodeia Decalogue' in paperback on Amazon. Extensive excerpts of it will also be included in the book-in-progress 'Martians - The Flagstaff Observations of Percival Lowell'.
David has also had a long and distinguished career as a professional actor, director, and producer.

Customer Reviews

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An American Classic, February 27, 2004

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"ableza" (San Jose, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Powwow Highway (Contemporary Fiction, Plume) (Mass Market Paperback)

The previous review from the reader in Kansas obviously has very limited experience with the Native American community. Their criticism of the language in "Pow Wow Highway" reveals their own stereotypical and romanticized notions and expectations of the modern American Indian community. This reviewer and his supposed PhD candidate compatriots have completely missed the book's most valuable accomplishment: it tells the truth.

David Seal's masterpiece is a modern American classic. The language in the book is nothing if not accurate. Every Native person I know who has read this fantastic book instantly identifies with the characters, and can point to friends and family members who seem taken straight from the pages. We require our children to read it as soon as they seem old enough to comprehend it. We discuss it at length over and over again, usually over coffee and cigarettes. The humor that pervades the work is so dead-right-on it caputres the essence of Native humor in unique ways that have since been oft imitated in many other works.

This book is a must read by anyone interested in American literature, let alone in Native American literature. If only it was back in publication - along with the other equally powerful books by David Seals. The world is a much poorer place without these works of art made widely available.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars bigtime humor , with an adventure that is 2 wild, never mild, August 30, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Powwow Highway (Contemporary Fiction, Plume) (Mass Market Paperback)

Do anything you can to find a copy of this book. This book is apparently a target of censoship and will not be easy to locate. If you have ever lived in eastern Wyoming or western South Dakota, you will probably appreciate the humor, the sadness, and the deep wisdom of the lives of modern day Lakota Sioux. This book is hysterically funny, and I laughed out loud so many times I lost count. David Seals paints a wild tale, and I only hope he can find a way to publish more of his work. Censorship is an ugly thing.....

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars good book, good times, June 28, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: The Powwow Highway (Contemporary Fiction, Plume) (Mass Market Paperback)

I can say that I'm not much of a reader as far as Native American literature goes, but I must admit that Seals did an excellent job in turning my views around. This story hilariously depicts the voyage of two Native Americans as they go on a a modern-day quest for glory and to save their heritage. Along the way Seals also gives a clear depiction of the daily lives of those remaining in their squalid soverign nation, as well as those Native Americans who choose to shed their ancestral dress and join American culture and the internal changes that occur. This story has exciting twists and turns and unexpected heros. It truly gives one a sense of what true spirituality and individuality means.