- Hardcover: 129 pages
- Publisher: Crown (April 26 1994)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0517597705
- ISBN-13: 978-0517597705
- Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 14.5 x 1.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 272 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,566,780 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This parable of a young man's spiritual quest begins with death and moves toward life. When his favorite sister dies, the grieving young Lakota, David, is given a mysterious scroll by his father. Through visionary teachings, David learns how to move past his pain and into happiness. Coauthor Billy Mills is the Olympic gold medalist whose life inspired the movie Running Brave. Now an inspirational speaker and Indian activist, Mills offers through David's story simple, direct advice that cannot be gainsaid. Happiness, he argues, is not a matter of circumstance but of attitude. Cultivating an accepting, reverent attitude toward life creates the best climate for happiness. An optimistic book likely to appeal widely. Pat Monaghan
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A gold medalist from the 1964 Olympics shares a Lakota allegory--about a despondent young boy who undertakes a quest to find someone to interpret the scroll his father has given him--designed to help readers discover the true path to happiness. 15,000 first printing.
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Two things happened that year that affected the rest of David's life. Read the first page
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Fate Has Led Me to This Story Once Again,
By A Customer
This review is from: Wokini: A Lakota Journey to Happiness and Self-Understanding (Paperback)
By chance, I found this book in my local library, read it and had a life change. Today while looking up Nicholas Sparks I find that Wokini is in print once again. Life is good! This book will change your whole attitude and outlook on life. It begins by breaking down the old ideas (lies) about what happiness is and is not. It follows with a day by day path on how to achieve true happiness. A great book to give and to keep!
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not a bad Motivational/Inspirational Book,
By A Customer
This review is from: Wokini: A Lakota Journey to Happiness and Self-Understanding (Paperback)
I can't help but wonder who the target audience is/was intended for this book. At times it read very smoothly; other times I felt like it was written in an uncreative/predictable manner. It made a lot of good points; I valued a lot of the lessons and advice. I just felt like the whole story about David, the presence of his sister's spirit, etc could have been left out and it would have been just as good. I learned quite a bit; I just wasn't awed. I think there are better motivational books out there besides Wokini.
5.0 out of 5 stars
logical, practical, enjoyable, and readable,
By Gordy R. (Vacaville, CA, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Wokini: A Lakota Journey to Happiness and Self-Understanding (Paperback)
When my grandmother died I had to go through her things, and I found not one but two copies of this book. Out of curiosity I read it, and was very moved and at the same time felt enlightened. I really wish that I could talk to her about this story, and regret that I didn't know her well enough, because anyone who appreciates this story is on the right path as far as I'm concerned. I am a Christian and I am not Native American, but those things really don't matter as the only thing you need to have when reading this is your desire to search, to learn more of yourself and the world. You will get out of this book much more than you spend on it!
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