Crazy Horse Hoka Hey! (It Is a Good Time to Die!) The Story of Crazy Horse, Legendary Mystic and Warrior

by Vinson Brown

This book is a personal study of Crazy Horse, whose nobility and purity of spirit have stood as an inspiration for generations.

Genres: History, Biography, Nonfiction, Native American History

169 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1987

Reviews

[Joshua · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a rare book in many ways. Rare in its insight, in its perspective, and most assuredly a physically rare book as far as printings. Right from the get-go the narrative presents Crazy Horse's (Curly's) simple beginnings from the mystical and natural perception that is/was the beauty of the plains horse culture. A culture that, though historically brief (between 100 and 200 years length) had to have been among the most wonderfully rich that has ever existed.
The brilliance of the text is that delicate quality of allowing us to see Crazy Horse's human frailties, see him witness the injuries perpetrated on his people, and to see him use his belief in the great spirit, coupled with his passion, and forge these elements into amazing courage in the face of almost certain destruction by a numerically superior force.
This man was a holy man, and an almost supernatural warrior chief honored and feared by both Calvary and natives alike. I truly can't begin to describe his feats of bravery and spirit, but suffice it to say, that his visage is currently being carved on the face of Thunder Mountain in the badlands, and when finished, will be the largest natural stone carving on the Earth. In summation, reading this book was one of the pleasures of my young life, and I would recommend it to anyone who wishes to know of the great heroes who belong to those for whom history has so often lacked a voice.

[Shane Westfall · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book could best be described as James Frey meets Carlos Castaneda. They read a Wikipedia length bio of Crazy Horse and decide to make a full-length book out of it. OK, that is my take, but the actual premise is even sillier. The author, a self-described life-long atheist, has some sort of spiritual awakening while traveling the Dakotas. Through this, he feels some sort of connection with the soul of Crazy Horse. This connection leads him to believe that he can write a narrative of the man’s life and fill it in with whatever thoughts and emotions he feels Crazy Horse was feeling at the time. Yeppers, that about sums up this tripe…

[Harriet Lobascio · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sad story of a good human being, who lost so much. We took so much from him and he never achieved attaining his life long love. Dialect slightly hard to read.

[Dale Shirt · Rating 3 out of 5]

Beautiful words...in English...hard to fathom their veracity. Nonetheless they speak of a vision where one day we will get out priorities straight.