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title: "4 Mari Sandoz Quotes - Famous Historian"
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# Mari Sandoz

(1896–1966)   Historian

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Mari Sandoz was a historian.

## Quick Facts About Mari Sandoz

Born May 11, 1896

Died March 10, 1966

Profession Historian

## About Mari Sandoz

historian and novelist (1896–1966)... \| Mari Susette Sandoz was an American novelist, biographer, lecturer, and teacher. She became one of the West's foremost writers, and wrote extensively about pioneer life and the Plains Indians.

##  Quotes by Mari Sandoz

> [writers don't like to write letters. Too much like work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mari-sandoz/writers-don-t-like-to-write-letters-too-much-like-work/)

[Mari Sandoz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mari-sandoz/)

[Letters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/letters/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a6/mari-sandoz-66216_letters_writers-don-t-like-to-write-letters-too_2282803.jpg)

> [The hills of one’s youth are all mountains](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mari-sandoz/the-hills-of-one-s-youth-are-all-mountains/)

[Mari Sandoz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mari-sandoz/)

[Hills](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hills/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f18/mari-sandoz-66216_hills_the-hills-of-one-s-youth-are-all-mountai_2697866.jpg)

> [Indians still consider the whites a brutal people who treat their children like enemies - playthings, too, coddling them like pampered pets…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mari-sandoz/indians-still-consider-the-whites-a-brutal-people-who-treat-their/)

[Mari Sandoz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mari-sandoz/)

[Angry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/angry/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/703/mari-sandoz-66216_angry_indians-still-consider-the-whites-a-brut_2829375.jpg)

> [There's no discounting the antagonism the average woman feels for the eldest daughter. The infuriating thing is that most mothers blame the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mari-sandoz/there-s-no-discounting-the-antagonism-the-average-woman-feels-for-the/)

[Mari Sandoz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mari-sandoz/)

[Antagonism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/antagonism/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac5/mari-sandoz-66216_antagonism_there-s-no-discounting-the-antagonism-th_2879947.jpg)

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