FirstThingsBookoftheYearawardWhatdoesthecrossofChristhavetodowiththethunderbird?HowmightthelifeandworkofChristianwriterG.K.ChestertonshedlightonourunderstandingofNorthAmericanIndigenousartandhistory?ThisunexpectedconnectionformsthebasisofthesediscerningreflectionsbyarthistorianMatthewMilliner.InthisfifthvolumeintheHansenLectureshipSeries,MillinerappealstoChesterton’slifeandwork--includingTheEverlastingMan,hisneglectedpoetry,hisloveforhisnativeEngland,andhisownvisitstoAmerica--inordertounderstandandappreciatebothIndigenousartandthecomplex,oftentragichistoryofFirstNationspeoples,especiallyintheAmericanMidwest.BasedontheannuallectureserieshostedatWheatonCollege’sMarionE.WadeCenter,volumesintheHansenLectureshipSeriesreflectontheimaginativeworkandlastinginfluenceofsevenBritishauthors:OwenBarfield,G.K.Chesterton,C.S.Lewis,GeorgeMacDonald,DorothyL.Sayers,J.R.R.Tolkien,andCharlesWilliams.
