Welch Links

Fools Crow Litweb

Rob, Mario, Mindi, Chester, Jacqeline

1. http://www.ipl.org/cgi/ref/native/browse.pl/H7
This is the Internet Public Library site, James Welch is in the Native American Authors Project section. It gives a history of James Welch's life and lists other sites about him.

2. http://www.azcentral.com/advert/books/welch.html Gives a history of Welch's life, list awards he has won, and gives links to other sites. This site also has a good picture of welch.

3. http://missoulian.com/specials/icomontantans/list/057.html Welch is honored here on the top 100 Montanans of all time. Gives a very in depth look at his life and works.

4. http://www.csindy.com/csindy/1999-09-09/smalltalk.html A little history on Welch, it also has an interview with Welch done while he was visiting University of Colorado.

5. http://www.dancingbudger.com/4welch.htm Gives a history of Welch and his writing, has online poetry and excerpts from books also. Has links to other sites also.

6. http://www.pnba.org/welch.htm A little history on Welch, and an interview about his writing.

7. http://www.library.arizona.cdn/library/teams/fah/
subpathpages/natamlit/welch A page dedicated to providing different links to sites about James Welch and his writings.

8.http://www.neteamericancollection.org/litmap/
welch_james_mt.htm History of Welch's life and of the land he writes about.

9. http://www.noregon.edu/~erimer/eng104/welch.html Small history of Welch, and excerpts from some of his novels. Also has letters written by readers of his works.

10. http://www.uwyo.edu/wch/bdpbtmadfc.htm Site is itemized list including background, career, major writers, and reviews.

11. http://www.lopezbooks.com/articles/welch.html Site is a little history of james welch, some reviews of his writings, and even has some personal reflection stuff by welch.

12. http://www.randomhouse.com/vintage/read/
heartsong/welch.html Small site with a little history of welch, but has links to many other sites, including some that are are teaching aids for welch's writing.

13. http://www.dailyemerald.com/archive
/v98/3/970516/speaker.html This is James Welch reading excerpts from some different books, and his thoughts on them.

14. http://www.pshares.org/Authors/
authorDetails.cfm?prmAuthorID=1786 A list of links that lead to sites about welch or his works, no history though.

15. http://www.sfsu.edu/~avitv/avcatalog/81512.htm This site leads to recorded tapes of his poetry.

Specific Book Reviews

1. http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/7835/books/welch.htm Review of Fools Crow

2. http://iserver.saddleback.cc.ca.us/div/la/neh/winter.htm Review of Winterblood

3. http://www.ipl.org/cgi/ref/native/browse.pl/B15 Review of The Death of Jim Loney

4. http://www.ipl.org/cgi/ref/native/browse.pl/B1765 Review of Heartsong of Charging Elk

5. http://www.ipl.org/cgi/ref/native/browse.pl/B17 Review of The Indian Lawyer

6. http://www.ipl.org/cgi/ref/native/browse.pl/B20 Review of Riding the Earthboy

Summary & questions from two sources

Lynda D. Douglas

www.dancingbadger.com/4welch.htm

At this web site the comment was made that Welch has never had the public persona as more popular Indian authors, like Momaday, Silko, and Erdrich. My question to this comment is why? I find the writing on Fools Crow very good and I believe he should of gotten more attention to his book than he received.

Also, the review on his book Fools Crow states “and the final effect is to feel that we have been allowed, perhaps for the first time, to see the world as the special people of this gone time may have seen it. My question to this is did you not understand the significance of this book, the message it was sending? Although the review was positive in every sense, it still did not fully include the important message Welch hoped his readers will attain.

www.csindy.com/csindy/1999-09-30/smalltalk.html

In this interview with Welch he states he had “no focus, no location, nothing” when writing poetry. His instructor encouraged him to write about what he knows, his Indian culture. He then wrote poems on his Indian culture. My question to this is how did he get started writing books and does he feel it more challenging to write novels or poetry?

http://www.ipl.org/cgi/ref/native/browse.pl/A7

http://www.geocities.com/bigorrin/blac.htm

http://www.csindy.com/csindy/1999-09-30/smalltalk.html picture

http://www.lopezbooks.com/na3/na3-01.html

http://www.dancingbadger.com/4welch.htm

http://shop.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp

http://www.azcentral.com/advert/books/welch.html

http://missoulian.com/specials/100montanans/list/057.html

http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com

http://www.amazon.com/ecec/obidos/ASIN/0140089379/qid.

http://www.choicemall.com/barnesandnoble/

http://www.powells.com/