From Old Jules, the stark 1935 biography of her father, to The Battle of Little Bighorn, Mari Sandoz wrote more than 20 books—some of the most memorable and realistic accounts about pioneers and American Indians ever written. With keen attention to detail, compelling topics, and blunt, accurate, compassionate descriptions, Sandoz created vivid stories of the last days of the American frontier and was an internationally-known chronicler of the West and one of Nebraska’s most important writers