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Michael Blake


Born
in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, The United States
July 05, 1945

Died
May 02, 2015

Genre
Literature & Fiction


The author of several novels, including the New York Times #1 Bestseller Dances With Wolves and winner of the 1991 Academy Award.

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Average rating: 4.21 · 30,975 ratings · 1,173 reviews · 82 distinct works • Similar authors
Dances with Wolves
4.24 avg rating — 28,925 ratings — published 1988 — 11 editions
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The Holy Road (Dances with ...
3.82 avg rating — 1,548 ratings — published 2001 — 36 editions
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Dances with Wolves / The Ho...
4.34 avg rating — 234 ratings — 8 editions
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Marching to Valhalla: A Nov...
3.69 avg rating — 168 ratings — published 1996 — 23 editions
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Indian Yell: The Heart of a...
4.10 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2006 — 8 editions
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Airman Mortensen
3.40 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1991 — 12 editions
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Into The Stars
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Twelve: The King
3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — 2 editions
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Justice, Migration, and Mercy
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Танцы с волками. Психоз
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“He had fallen in love with this wild, beautiful country and everything it contained. It was the kind of love people dream of having with other people: selfless and free of doubt, reverent and everlasting.”
― Michael Blake, Dances with Wolves
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“He did not belong to the Indians. He did not belong to the whites. And it was not time for him to belong to the stars.
He belonged right where he was. He belonged nowhere.”
― Michael Blake, Dances with Wolves
tags: inspirational, life-philosophy
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“There are times when a person wants something so badly that price or condition cease to be obstacles.”
― Michael Blake, Dances with Wolves
tags: inspirational, purpose
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In honor of National Native American Heritage Month, our historical fiction book for November will be Native American Historical Fiction. Voting will be open through October 10th.

Dances with Wolves Dances with Wolves (Dances with Wolves, #1) by Michael Blake Michael Blake
 
  2 votes, 66.7%

One Thousand White Women One Thousand White Women The Journals of May Dodd (One Thousand White Women, #1) by Jim Fergus Jim Fergus
 
  1 vote, 33.3%

The Wild Girl The Wild Girl by Jim Fergus Jim Fergus
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

People of the Wolf People of the Wolf (North America's Forgotten Past, #1) by W. Michael Gear W. Michael Gear
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

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