Life, Letters and Speeches - American Indian Lives
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George Copway (Kahgegagahbowh, 1818-69), an Ojibwe writer and lecturer, rose to prominence in American literary, political, and social circles during the mid-nineteenth century. His colorful, kaleidoscopic life took him from the tiny Ojibwe village of his youth to the halls of state legislatures throughout the eastern United States and eventually overseas. Copway converted to Methodism as a teenager and traveled throughout the Midwest as a missionary, becoming a forceful and energetic spokesperson for temperance and the rights and sovereignty of Indians, lecturing to large crowds in the United States and Europe, and founding a newspaper devoted to Native issues.
One of the first Native American autobiographies, Life, Letters and Speeches chronicles Copway's unique and often difficult cultural journey, vividly portraying the freedom of his early childhood, the dramatic moment of his spiritual awakening to Methodism, the rewards and frustrations of missionary work, his desperate race home to warn of a pending Sioux attack, and the harrowing rescue of his son from drowning.
Book information
ISBN: | 9780803264632 |
Publisher: | Nebraska Paperback |
Imprint: | University of Nebraska Press |
Pub date: | 25 Jul 2006 |
DEWEY: | 973.04973 |
DEWEY edition: | 22 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | 255 |
Weight: | 363g |
Height: | 229mm |
Width: | 152mm |
Spine width: | 15mm |