{"product_id":"life-letters-and-speeches-9780803264632","title":"Life, Letters and Speeches","description":"George Copway (Kahgegagahbowh, 1818-69), an 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, becoming a forceful and energetic spokesperson 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. One of the first Native American autobiographies, Life, Letters and Speeches chronicles Copway's unique and often difficult cultural journey, vividly portraying the freedom of his early childhood, the dramatic moment of his spiritual awakening to Methodism, the rewards and frustrations of missionary work, his desperate race home to warn of a pending Sioux attack, and the harrowing rescue of his son from drowning. The works of George Copway include The Traditional History and Characteristic Sketches of the Ojibway Nation and Running Sketches of Men and Places in England, France, Germany, Belgium and Scotland. A. LaVonne Brown Ruoff is a professor emerita of English at the University of Illinois, Chicago, and the author of American Indian Literatures: An Introduction, Bibliographic Review and Selected Bibliography. Donald B. Smith is a professor of history at the University of Calgary, Alberta. He is the author of Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance: The Glorious Impostor and From the Land of Shadows: The Making of Grey Owl.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e George Copway\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 5.90w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780803264632\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe works of George Copway include \u003ci\u003eThe Traditional History and Characteristic Sketches of the Ojibway Nation\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRunning Sketches of Men and Places in England, France, Germany, Belgium and Scotland\u003c\/i\u003e. A. LaVonne Brown Ruoff is a professor emerita of English at the University of Illinois, Chicago, and the author of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Indian Literatures: An Introduction, Bibliographic Review and Selected Bibliography\u003c\/i\u003e. Donald B. Smith is a professor of history at the University of Calgary, Alberta. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eChief Buffalo Child Long Lance: The Glorious Impostor\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFrom the Land of Shadows: The Making of Grey Owl.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40406495461491,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":33.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_2ad770c6-971d-457a-997d-0c12a61957fd.jpg?v=1662041563","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/life-letters-and-speeches-9780803264632","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}