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Life, letters, and speeches

Title
Life, letters, and speeches / George Copway (Kahgegagahbow) ; edited by A. LaVonne Brown Ruoff and Donald B. Smith.
Author
Copway, George, 1818-1869.
Publication
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 1997.

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  • Ruoff, A. LaVonne Brown.
  • Smith, Donald B.
Description
255 pages : map; 24 cm.
Summary
  • "George Copway (Kahgegagahbowh, 1818-69), a Canadian Ojibwe writer and lecturer, rose to prominence in American literary, political, and social circles during the mid-nineteenth century. His colorful, kaleidoscopic life took him from the tiny Ojibwe village of his youth to the halls of state legislatures throughout the eastern United States and eventually overseas. Copway converted to Methodism as a teenager and traveled throughout the Midwest as a missionary.
  • He became a forceful and energetic spokesman for temperance and the rights and sovereignty of Indians, lecturing to large crowds in the United States and Europe and founding a newspaper devoted to native issues.".
  • "Published originally in 1847, this edition of Life, Letters and Speeches marks the 150th anniversary of its first appearance. One of the first Native American autobiographies, it chronicles Copway's unique and often difficult cultural journey.
  • Copway vividly captures the freedom of his early childhood, the dramatic moment of his spiritual awakening to Methodism, the rewards and frustrations of missionary work, a desperate race home to warn of a pending Sioux attack, and the harrowing rescue of his son from drowning."--BOOK JACKET.
Series Statement
American Indian lives
Uniform Title
American Indian lives.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-248) and index.
Contents
The Literary and Methodist Contexts of George Copway's Life, Letters and Speeches / A. LaVonne Brown Ruoff -- Kahgegagahbowh: Canada's First Literary Celebrity in the United States / Donald B. Smith -- Life, Letters and Speeches / George Copway (Kahgegagahbowh) -- The Life of Kah-ge-ga-gah-bowh.
ISBN
0803214707 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
96035888
OCLC
  • 35548837
  • ocm35548837
  • SCSB-3867508
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries