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Stew Magnuson

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born
September 06, 1963 in Omaha, NE, The United States

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Stew Magnuson is the author of The Death of Raymond Yellow Thunder: And Other True Stories from the Nebraska-Pine Ridge Border Towns, a nonfiction history spanning 130 years in the lives of two communities -- the white settler towns in Sheridan County, Nebraska, and the Oglala Lakotas of the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota.
A native of Omaha and a graduate of the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, Magnuson is a Washington, D.C based journalist and former foreign correspondent who has filed stories from Mali, Japan, Cambodia, Burma, Laos, Thailand, and Indonesia. He has traveled or lived in forty-six countries, including the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, where he served in the Peace Corps, and Peshawar, Pakistan, where he worke...more


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The Death of Raymond Yellow Thunder: And Other True Stories from the Nebraska-Pine Ridge Border Towns was released in paperback Jan. 21, 2011. The new edition has been revised and updated with a new Afterward, and information that has emerged since the award-winning book’s release in 2008.
The Death of Raymond Yellow Thunder was named the 2009 Nebraska Nonfiction Book of the Year. In addition... read more »
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Published on February 01, 2011 10:24 • 44 views • Tags: native-american
Average rating: 4.53 · 40 ratings · 26 reviews · 2 distinct works
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The Song of Sarin -- Chapter One (Literature & Fiction)
1 chapters   —   updated Dec 29, 2008 11:04am
Description: Chapter one from the "recent historical fiction" book, The Song of Sarin.
The Battle of Whiteclay (History)
1 chapters   —   updated Dec 29, 2008 08:32am
Description: An abridged excerpt from the book, "The Death of Raymond Yellow Thunder: and Other True Stories from the Nebraska-Pine Ridge Border Towns."

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Lapsed English Major Hi - thanks for adding me. Did you see your book on my list?


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Emily Thanks so much, Stew! Can't wait to get started on it!


Jeannie Faulkner Barber Hi Stew, I loved your bio and I'll have to check out some of your works. Thanks so much for being a friend.
Blessings,
Jeannie


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