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Black Hawk’s defiant story: a Native American voice against extermination.
Life of Black Hawk, or Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak
Dictated by Himself
- Paperback
144 pages
- Release Date
27 May 2008
Summary
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…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143105398 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0143105396 |
| Author: | Black Hawk, J. Gerald Kennedy |
| Publisher: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 144 |
| Release Date: | 27 May 2008 |
| Weight: | 119g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 131mm x 10mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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About The Author
Black Hawk
J. Gerald Kennedy is William A. Read Professor of English at Louisiana State University.
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