Life of Black Hawk, or Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak: Dictated by Himself - Brossura

Black Hawk

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ISBN 10: 0143105396 ISBN 13: 9780143105398

Casa editrice: Penguin Publishing Group, 2008

Riassunto

A rediscovered, defiant work of Native American literature, presented here on the 175th anniversary of its first publication

Upon its publication in 1833, this unflinching narrative by the vanquished Sauk leader Black Hawk was the first thoroughly adversarial account of frontier hostilities between white settlers and Native Americans. Black Hawk, a complex, contradictory figure, relates his life story and that of his people, who had been forced from western Illinois in what was known as the Black Hawk War. The first published account of a victim of the American war of extermination, this vivid portrait of Indian life stands as a tribute to the author and his extraordinary people, as well as an invaluable historical document.

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Su questo libro

L'autore:

J. Gerald Kennedy is William A. Read Professor of English at Louisiana State University.

Product Description:

Book by Hawk Black

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Penguin Publishing Group
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0143105396
• ISBN 13: 9780143105398
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 144