On Our Own Ground - The Complete Writings of William Apess, a Pequot

"Makes available in a superb scholarly edition not only the first published autobiography by a native American (1829 originally), but also a range of historical, political, and personal writings". -- New York Times Book Review

About the author

Editor Barry O'Connell is professor of English at Amherst College.

Summary

William Apess was the first Native American's to fully, and publicly, speak out regarding the racism and unfair treatment that he and others endured. The author's writing is eloquently delivered, instilling the reader with a realistic framework of a political, historical, and personal mindset.

Product details

• Authors: William Apess, Barry O'Connell
• Assisted by: Barry O'Connell (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Massachusetts Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.02.1992
• EAN: 9780870237706
• ISBN: 978-0-87023-770-6
• No. of pages: 432
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 235 mm x 28 mm
• Weight: 590 g
• Series: Native Americans of the Northe; Native Americans of the Northeast; Native Americans of the Northe; Native Americans of the Northeast
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies