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Title: A Son of the Forest and Other Writings by William Apess, Barry O'Connell ISBN: 1-55849-107-4 Publisher: Univ. of Massachusetts Press Pub. Date: November, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.33 (3 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Buy this one USED!
Comment: This book does have some cultural/sociological worth, but if you buy it new, you've got gross emotional problems. Buy it used--as long as you can find a dependable seller, and it looks like there's a good one already up here, you'll be much happier for it. Trust me on this one--save the few dollars and the years of therapy.
Rating: 4
Summary: A Great early Indigenous voice
Comment: Four stars seem appropriate for an abridged edition of a work rating five stars for the complete version. For more detail, see my review of "On Our Own Ground" with the same date. The spectacle of Apess delivering his "Eulogy on King Philip" to the descendants of the Puritans who destroyed the Wampanoag leader should cause many Americans to rethink their image of our country's history.
Rating: 4
Summary: A pioneering Native American writer
Comment: "A Son of the Forest and Other Writings," by William Apess, is an important resource in United States history and literature. The book is edited by Barry O'Connell, who also provides an introduction. Apess (1798-1839), of the Pequot Indian people, was a pioneer Native American writer. In addition to his 1831 autobiography, "A Son of the Forest," this volume also contains "The Experiences of Five Christian Indians of the Pequot Tribe" (1832) and his "Eulogy on King Philip" (1836).
Apess' writing is dominated by his fervent evangelical Christianity, and also by his articulation of a Native American consciousness. "Son" is at times a very gripping autobiography. In it Apess writes about poverty, child abuse, alcoholism, ethnic identity and religious conversion: all topics that remain very relevant over the centuries. This volume contains, in addition to the primary texts, a useful bibliography and chronology. This book is an excellent choice both for the classroom and for the independent reader.
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Title: Life Among the Piutes: Their Wrongs and Claims (Vintage West Series) by Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins ISBN: 0874172527 Publisher: Univ of Nevada Pr Pub. Date: December, 1994 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Pretty-Shield: Medicine Woman of the Crows by Frank B. Linderman, Alma Snell, Becky Matthews ISBN: 0803280254 Publisher: Bison Bks Corp Pub. Date: October, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: From the Deep Woods to Civilization: Chapters in the Autobiography of an Indian by Charles Alexander Eastman ISBN: 0803258739 Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr Pub. Date: September, 1977 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Reservation Blues by Sherman Alexie ISBN: 0446672351 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 1996 List Price(USD): $13.99 |
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Title: Tracks RI by Louise Erdrich ISBN: 0060972459 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 30 March, 2004 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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