Resource List for 'Behind Mount Rushmore'
BY STAFF
Darlene P. Campos spent six years researching while writing Behind Mount Rushmore. Listed below is just some of the resources she used to develop characters, create settings and build her story.
“There are many more books I read – this is just a list of the books I can think of from the top of my head. I feel like I read a small library for this one novel. ”
Skins by Adrian C. Louis
On the Rez by Ian Frazier
Lakota Woman by Mary Crow Dog
Storyteller by Leslie Marmon Silko
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie
Keeping Heart on Pine Ridge by Vic Glover
Madonna Swan as told by Mark St. Pierre
Mohawk Saint by Allan Greer
Black Elk Speaks as told by John G. Neihardt
Boarding School Seasons by Brenda J. Child
Native America: A History by Michael Leroy Oberg
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
Sitting Bull: His Life and Legacy by Ernie LaPointe
Sioux: Warriors of the Plains by Michael G. Johnson
American Indian Themes in Young Adult Literature by Paulette F. Molin
War Dances by Sherman Alexie
Fools Crow by James Welch
Voices of the Winds by Margot Edmonds and Ella Clark
Great Speeches by Native Americans by Bob Blaisdell
Nine Years Among the Indians by Herman Lehmann
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Darlene P. Campos earned her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Texas at El Paso. She also graduated from the University of Houston with a BA in English-Creative Writing and a minor in medicine and Social Studies. She is from Guayaquil, Ecuador, but currently lives in Houston, TX with her husband David and an adorable pet rabbit named Jake. Her website is www.darlenepcampos.com. You can support her work here.