| Roanoke and Wampum: Topics in Native American Heritage and Literatures Contributor(s): Delaney Hoffman, Elizabeth (Editor), Nelson, Malcolm A. (Editor), Welburn, Ron (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820439010 ISBN-13: 9780820439013 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $41.80 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2001 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - General - History | United States - 19th Century - Foreign Language Study | Miscellaneous |
| Dewey: 810.989 |
| LCCN: 99057650 |
| Series: American Indian Studies |
| Physical Information: 258 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Roanoke and Wampum: Topics in Native American Heritage and Literatures focuses on the discourses about selected legacies and writings predominantly of eastern Native North America. Ron Welburn skillfully approaches diverse subjects through scholarly and personal modes. More specifically, the book begins with the author reflecting on the sign talk of fifties television's Pahoo-Ka-Ta-Wah, and it concludes with a discussion of a narrative by thirties Chippewa author Thomas Whitecloud. Other essays inquire about the southeastern Blackfoot, Jeffrey Amherst, and literary theories. Still others discuss Indian slaves, the Great Seal of the United States, Mildred Haun's Melungeon novel, and nineteenth-century Indian interviewers. A section on William Apess features poetry and a scholarly essay. |