Review of \u3ci\u3eSinging an Indian Song: A Biography of D\u27 Arcy McNickle\u3c/i\u3e By Dorothy R. Parker

D\u27Arcy McNickle occupies a position of relatively minor but increasing stature in American Indian history and literature. Dorothy R. Parker\u27s volume is thus a welcome addition to the increasing number of monographs, critical studies, and general commentaries about this ordinary but successful individual. Modern biography is characterized by a fascination with people who, although notable, are seldom as illustrious and famous as the figures who traditionally engaged the attention of earlier, particularly nineteenth-century, biographers. In this sense, McNickle is clearly a modern subject; and reader interest in him, although keen among enthusiasts, will probably be limited