The Only One Living to Tell (häftad)
Fler böcker inom
Format
Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
176
Utgivningsdatum
2012-03-30
Upplaga
2nd ed.
Förlag
University of Arizona Press
Medarbetare
Mcnamee, Gregory (red.)
Illustrationer
18 photos, 1 line
Dimensioner
226 x 150 x 15 mm
Vikt
272 g
Antal komponenter
1
ISBN
9780816501205

The Only One Living to Tell

The Autobiography of a Yavapai Indian

av Mike Burns, Gregory McNamee
Häftad,  Engelska, 2012-03-30
298
Köp
Spara som favorit
  • Skickas från oss inom 5-8 vardagar.
  • Fri frakt över 249 kr för privatkunder i Sverige.
Mike Burns--born Hoomothya--was around eight years old in 1872 when the US military murdered his family and as many as seventy-six other Yavapai men, women, and children in the Skeleton Cave Massacre in Arizona. One of only a few young survivors, he was adopted by an army captain and ended up serving as a scout in the US army and adventuring in the West. Before his death in 1934, Burns wrote about the massacre, his time fighting in the Indian Wars during the 1880s, and life among the Kwevkepaya and Tolkepaya Yavapai. His precarious position between the white and Native worlds gives his account a distinctive narrative voice. Because Burns was unable to find a publisher during his lifetime, these firsthand accounts of history from a Native perspective remained unseen through much of the twentieth century, archived at the Sharlot Hall Museum in Prescott. Now Gregory McNamee has brought Burns's text to life, making this extraordinary tale an accessible and compelling read. Generations after his death, Mike Burns finally gets a chance to tell his story. This autobiography offers a missing piece of Arizona history--as one of the only Native American accounts of the Skeleton Cave Massacre--and contributes to a growing body of history from a Native perspective. It will be an indispensable tool for scholars and general readers interested in the West--specifically Arizona history, the Apache wars, and Yavapai and Apache history and lifeways.
Visa hela texten

Passar bra ihop

  1. The Only One Living to Tell
  2. +
  3. Knife

De som köpt den här boken har ofta också köpt Knife av Salman Rushdie (inbunden).

Köp båda 2 för 527 kr

Kundrecensioner

Har du läst boken? Sätt ditt betyg »

Fler böcker av författarna

Mike Burns, Gregory McNamee

Recensioner i media

"This is a profound, important, and powerful book that will grab your heart and arouse your mind for years to come. Beautifully written, it should be read by anyone who cares about Native Americans or being human."--Jerry Ellis, author of Walking the Trail: One Man's Journey along the Cherokee Trail of Tears "What gives this memoir its peerless value is the potency and immediacy of the observations."--Kirkus Reviews "Orphan, captive, servant, scout, and witness to the contagion of violence that drove the westward expansion: Mike Burns saw it all. The Only One Living to Tell is a crucial piece of American history--a firsthand account of the heartbreaking Skeleton Cave Massacre and its catastrophic consequences, a debunking of the romance of the nineteenth-century 'Indian fighter, ' and a closely observed ethnography compiled by a man who almost singlehandedly preserved his people's heritage for posterity."--Margot Mifflin, author of The Blue Tattoo: The Life of Olive Oatman "Hidden in archives for decades and now expertly brought to light by writer and editor McNamee, Burns' memoir is a compelling account of Indian-white relations during the tumultuous pre-reservation years."--Booklist

Övrig information

Gregory McNamee is a writer, editor, and photographer based in Tucson. He is the author of the modern classic Gila: The Life and Death of an American River and is the author or editor of more than thirty other books.

Du kanske gillar