| "Strong Medicine" Speaks: A Native American Elder Has Her Say Contributor(s): Hearth, Amy Hill (Author) |
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ISBN: 147678633X ISBN-13: 9781476786339 Publisher: Atria Books OUR PRICE: $18.04 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Women - Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - Native American & Aboriginal - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.5" W x 8.3" (0.60 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Ethnic Orientation - Native American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From the bestselling author of Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years comes the inspiring true story of Marion Strong Medicine Gould, a Native American matriarch, and the Indian way of life that must never be forgotten. Amy Hill Hearth's first book, Having Our Say, told the true story of two century-old African-American sisters and went on to become an enduring bestseller and the subject of a three-time Tony Award-nominated play. In Strong Medicine Speaks, Hearth turns her talent for storytelling to a Native American matriarch presenting a powerful account of Indian life. Born and raised in a nearly secret part of New Jersey that remains Native ancestral land, Marion Strong Medicine Gould is an eighty-five-year-old Elder in her Lenni-Lenape tribe and community. Taking turns with the author as the two women alternate voices throughout this moving book, Strong Medicine tells of her ancestry, tracing it back to the first Native peoples to encounter the Europeans in 1524, through the strife and bloodshed of America's early years, up to the twentieth century and her own lifetime, decades colored by oppression and terror yet still lifted up by the strength of an enduring collective spirit. This genuine and delightful telling gives voice to a powerful female Elder whose dry wit and charming humor will provide wisdom and inspiration to readers from every background. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hearth, Amy Hill: - Amy Hill Hearth is the author of Miss Dreamsville and the Collier County Women's Literary Society and Miss Dreamsville and the Lost Heiress of Collier County, in addition to author or coauthor of seven nonfiction books, including Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years, the New York Times bestseller-turned-Broadway-play. Hearth, a former writer for The New York Times, began her career as a reporter at a small daily newspaper in Florida, where she met her future husband, Blair (a Collier County native). She is a graduate of the University of Tampa. |