The Western Captive and Other Indian Stories
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This edition recovers Elizabeth Oakes Smith's successful 1842 novel The Western Captive; or, The Times of Tecumsehand includes many of Oakes Smith's other writings about Native Americans, including short stories, legends, and autobiographical and biographical sketches. The Western Captiveportrays the Shawnee leader as an American hero and the white heroine's spiritual soulmate; in contrast to the later popular legend of Tecumseh's rejected marriage proposal to a white woman, Margaret, the "captive" of the title, returns Tecumseh's love and embraces life apart from white society. These texts are accompanied by selections from Oakes Smith's Woman and Her Needsand her unpublished autobiography, from contemporary captivity narratives and biographies of William Henry Harrison depicting the Shawnee, and from writings by her colleagues Jane Johnston Schoolcraft and Henry Rowe Schoolcraft.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1554811201
ISBN13:9781554811205
Release Date:August 2015
Publisher:Broadview Press Inc
Length:300 Pages
Weight:0.86 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.5" x 8.4"
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