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A Cherokee Woman's America: Memoirs of Narcissa Owen, 1831-1907
Contributor(s): Kilcup, Karen L. (Editor)

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 ISBN: 0813028663     ISBN-13: 9780813028668
Publisher: University Press of Florida
OUR PRICE: $62.95  

Binding Type: Hardcover
Published: September 2005
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - Native American & Aboriginal
- Biography & Autobiography | Women
- History | Native American
Dewey: B
LCCN: 2005042442
Physical Information: 0.73" H x 6.16" W x 9.32" L (0.96 lbs) 224 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1900-1919
- Chronological Period - 19th Century
- Ethnic Orientation - Native American
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Recycled Paper, Table of Contents
 
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Publisher Description:
This first scholarly edition of the writings of a unique Native American woman details an extraordinary life in a combination of genres including oral history, ethnography, and western adventure sketches. Narcissa Owen was of mixed Cherokee and Scots-Irish descent and the daughter of a leader of the Old Settlers (those Cherokees who moved west prior to their subsequent forced removal by the U.S. government, the notorious Trail of Tears).
The Memoirs reveal a fascinating and complex 19th-century woman--an artist, music teacher, storyteller, Confederate slave owner, Washington socialite, wife of a white railroad executive, widow, and mother of the first Native American U.S. Senator, Robert L. Owen, Jr. Her writings interpret the history of the tribe and describe the cultural upheaval of the Cherokees moving west. They also offer a glimpse into antebellum, Civil War, and Reconstruction American life.

This edition provides a wealth of background information including a biographical preface, chronology of Owen's life, genealogy, and textual footnotes. In addition, an introductory essay places the Memoirs in the context of Owen's predecessors and contemporaries, including Cherokee cultural and literary tradition, the larger Indian historical/literary context, and women's writing of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

 
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