This classic reprint of Corporal Alvin York's journal reveals him as a humble Christian who risked his life in the First World War and was later awarded the congessional Medal of Honor for his brav

    He describes, without a trace of self-pity, the spartan life he had to lead under his father′s instruction. The sense of wonder and delight in the seemingly commonplace experiences of boyhood helped him become a great poet.

    Born in the 1860s, the son of a Lakota chief, Standing Bear was in the first class at Carlisle Indian School, witnessed the Ghost Dance uprising from the Pine Ridge Reservation, toured Europe with Buffalo Bill's Wild West show, and devoted his later years to the Indian rights movement of the 1920s and 1930s.

    In this book, Steiner recalls the first thirty-five years of his life and spiritual path. It was written in weekly installments for the anthroposophic newsletter to the members. Steiner did not often speak or write of himself in a personal way. Thus this book offers us an extremely rare opportunity to intimately view his inner life, the relationships he developed with those he encountered along the way, and the events that shaped him.This is no ordinary narrative of life's successes and failures but an autobiography of a soul. Each event and personal encounter is seen and gauged in relation to its spiritual roots and consequences. We witness the evolving consciousness of a modern spiritual master.This book is the self-portrait of a man whose ideas remain ahead of our time -- a man whose ideas are sorely needed in an increasingly confused and materialistic world.