Kent Nerburn Quotes
Do not fall prey to the false belief that mastery and domination are synonymous with manliness.
Nerburn, Kent. Letters to My Son: A Father's Wisdom on Manhood, Life, and Love. New World Library, 1993.
In early WWII, he opposed the Japanese military practice of killing conquered civilian people to instill fear and make them accept occupation. (In this case in occupied Indonesia). He was arrested by the military and sentenced to death, but he never was executed. Though not generally known, there were a number of Japanese who opposed the Japanese military policies and practices. He was one.
Kent Michael Nerburn is an American author. He has published 16 books of creative non-fiction and essays, focusing on Native American and American culture and general spirituality. He won a Minnesota Book Award in 1995 for Neither Wolf Nor Dog and again in 2010 for The Wolf At Twilight. The Girl who Sang to the Buffalo, is the final book in this trilogy.
