Sunset to Sunset: A Lifetime with My Brothers, the Dakotas Thomas Lawrence Riggs. Paula M. Nelson (introduction). Contact us to inquire Tweet Paper 252 pages 6 x 9 inches 24 b&w photographs, map ISBN: 0962262145 Sold Out Out of Print “This is an old treasure.”—Sioux Falls (S.D.) Argus Leader “This is a true adventure story. It is the story of a man of courage, faith, and great spiritual strength. It is a significant part of the story of the South Dakota Conference, the work of the American Missionary Association, and [an] important segment of history in the state of South Dakota.”—The Observer, South Dakota Conference of the United Church of Christ In Sunset to Sunset, Thomas Lawrence Riggs tells the remarkable story of his life among the Lakota Sioux along the Missouri River in Dakota Territory and South Dakota. Born in 1847 to missionary parents in Minnesota, Riggs grew up among Indian companions. His own work at Oahe Mission near Pierre and other stations throughout central South Dakota began during the horse-and-buggy days in the 1870s and extended to the age of automobiles and airplanes in the 1920s. He considered this work among the Dakotas the great privilege of his life. In this lively account, first told to his niece Margaret Kellogg Howard when he was in his eighties, Riggs recalls the 1862 United States-Dakota Sioux Conflict (then called the Sioux Uprising), the last winter buffalo hunt of the Lakota in 1880-1881, and the burial of Sitting Bull’s slain followers. This new edition of his memoir is enhanced by a new introduction by historian Paula M. Nelson, new photographs and captions, and a new index. Contact us to inquire