Cogewea, the Half Blood A Depiction of the Great Montana Cattle Range |
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| Author:
| Mourning Dove, Mourning |
| Introduction by:
| Fisher, Dexter |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8032-8407-4 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2014 |
| Publisher: | University of Nebraska Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $20.00 |
Book Description:
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One of the first known novels by a Native American woman,
Cogewea (1927) is the story of a half-blood girl caught between the worlds of Anglo ranchers and full-blood reservation Indians; between the craven and false-hearted easterner Alfred Densmore and James LaGrinder, a half-blood cowboy and the best rider on the Flathead; between book learning and the folk wisdom of her full-blood grandmother. The book combines authentic Indian lore with the circumstance and dialogue of...
More DescriptionOne of the first known novels by a Native American woman, Cogewea (1927) is the story of a half-blood girl caught between the worlds of Anglo ranchers and full-blood reservation Indians; between the craven and false-hearted easterner Alfred Densmore and James LaGrinder, a half-blood cowboy and the best rider on the Flathead; between book learning and the folk wisdom of her full-blood grandmother. The book combines authentic Indian lore with the circumstance and dialogue of a popular romance; in its language, it shows a self-taught writer attempting to come to terms with the rift between formal written style and the comfort-able rhythms and slang of familiar speech.