| A Pipe for February Contributor(s): Red Corn, Charles H. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0806137266 ISBN-13: 9780806137261 Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2005 Annotation: At the turn of the century, the Osage Indians were traditional tribal people who owned Oklahoma's most valuable oil reserves. Enjoying lives of leisure, they also found themselves targets of opportunists, swindlers, and murderers bent on taking their wealth from them. Tracing the experiences of young John Grayeagle, Red Corn describes events in the 1920s from the perspective of a traditional Osage. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Native American & Aboriginal |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2002020036 |
| Series: American Indian Literature & Critical Studies (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.82" H x 5.46" W x 8.42" (0.80 lbs) 284 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: At the turn of the twentieth century, the Osage Indians owned Oklahoma's most valuable oil reserves and became members of the world's first wealthy oil population. Osage children and grandchildren continued to respect the old customs and ways, but now they also had lives of leisure: purchasing large homes, expensive cars, eating in fancy restaurants, and traveling to faraway places. In the 1920s, they also found themselves immersed in a series of murders. Charles H. Red Corn sets A Pipe for February against this turbulent, exhilarating background. Tracing the experiences of John Grayeagle, the story's main character, Red Corn describes the Osage murders from the perspective of a traditional Osage. Other books on the notorious crimes have focused on the greed of government officials and businessmen to increase their oil wealth. Red Corn focuses on the character of the Osage people, drawing on his own experiences and insights as a member of the Osage Tribe. |
Contributor Bio(s): Red Corn, Charles H.: - Charles H. Red Corn (1936-2017) was an independent writer living in Norman, Oklahoma. He is a member of the Tzi-zhu-wash-ta-ghi Clan (Peace Clan) of the Osage Tribe. |