Featured in this lot is a First Edition of "American: The Life Story of a Great Indian; Plenty-Coups, Chief of the Crows", Frank B. Linderman, 3rd printing, The John Day Company publishers, 1931.While the vast majority of Americans had regarded Indians as savages, Frank Linderman of Montana promoted positive views of Indians. This began when Plenty-Coups, the last traditional chief of the Crow Indians, recounted his life to Frank Bird Linderman in 1928. Though Plenty-Coups was now aged 80, he recounted the vision that had set his course in life. When he was about twenty, he said, he had visited a traditional Crow site in the Crazy Mountains and seen himself as an old man. Frank Bird Linderman (1869-1938) was a Montana writer, politician, Native American ally and ethnographer. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, he went West as a young man and became enamored of life on the Montana frontier. While working as a trapper for several years, he lived with the Salish and Blackfeet tribes, learning their cultures. He advocated on behalf of the landless Chippewa and Cree in Montana, who struggled to survive. He supported Native Americans as the real Americans, while believing there was a place for Anglo-Americans in the West. Believing that native peoples should be protected, he became an advocate with the government for Chief Rocky Boy and used his network of prominent whites, including other politicians and painter Charles M. Russell, to lobby Congress to set up a reservation for the Chippewa band. Throughout his life, Linderman collected Native American stories. The tan cloth bound illustrated hardcover is in good overall condition, scuffing exhibited to cover edges, spine loose at boards. Intact pages exhibit age tanning. Measures 5.75"W x 8.25"L x 1.25"D, weight is 1lb, 8oz.