Mari Sandoz

Mari Sandoz (born May 11, 1896, Sandoz post office, Sheridan county, Nebraska, U.S.—died March 10, 1966, New York, New York) was an American biographer and novelist known for her scrupulously researched books portraying the early American West. Sandoz’s life as a student and teacher in rural Nebraska—a rigorous life that left her blind in one eye from a blizzard at age 13—prepared her to depict realistically pioneer and Indian life. She wrote almost 80 stories...