{"product_id":"the-lost-journals-of-sacajewea-9781571311450","title":"The Lost Journals of Sacajewea","description":"\u003cb\u003eA June 2023 Indie Next Pick, Selected by Booksellers\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eMinneapolis Star Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e Recommended Fiction Read for 2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eMillions\u003c\/i\u003e Most Anticipated Read for 2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e Recommended Read for 2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Motherly Best Book of 2023\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003ePerma Red\u003c\/i\u003e comes a devastatingly beautiful novel that challenges prevailing historical narratives of Sacajewea.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In my seventh winter, when my head only reached my Appe's rib, a White Man came into camp. Bare trees scratched sky. Cold was endless. He moved through trees like strikes of sunlight. My Bia said he came with bad intentions, like a Water Baby's cry.\"Among the most memorialized women in American history, Sacajewea served as interpreter and guide for Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery. In this visionary novel, acclaimed Indigenous author Debra Magpie Earling brings this mythologized figure vividly to life, casting unsparing light on the men who brutalized her and recentering Sacajewea as the arbiter of her own history.Raised among the Lemhi Shoshone, in this telling the young Sacajewea is bright and bold, growing strong from the hard work of \"learning all ways to survive\" gathering berries, water, roots, and wood; butchering buffalo, antelope, and deer; catching salmon and snaring rabbits; weaving baskets and listening to the stories of her elders. When her village is raided and her beloved Appe and Bia are killed, Sacajewea is kidnapped and then gambled away to Charbonneau, a French Canadian trapper.Heavy with grief, Sacajewea learns how to survive at the edge of a strange new world teeming with fur trappers and traders. When Lewis and Clark's expedition party arrives, Sacajewea knows she must cross a vast and brutal terrain with her newborn son, the white man who owns her, and a company of men who wish to conquer and commodify the world she loves.Written in lyrical, dreamlike prose, \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Journals of Sacajewea\u003c\/i\u003e is an astonishing work of art and a powerful tale of perseverance--the Indigenous woman's story that hasn't been told.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Debra Magpie Earling\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Milkweed Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/23\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.60w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781571311450\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/20\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDebra Magpie Earling\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003ePerma Red \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eLost Journals of Sacajewea\u003c\/i\u003e. An earlier version of the latter, written in verse, was produced as an artist book during the bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark expedition. She has received both a National Endowment for the Arts grant and a Guggenheim Fellowship. She is retired from the University of Montana, where she was named professor emeritus in 2021. She is Bitterroot Salish.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Milkweed Editions","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40918203596915,"sku":"9.78157E+12","price":29.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_7423eefc-8638-4792-8f50-8f80623d3dc1.jpg?v=1691674356","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-lost-journals-of-sacajewea-9781571311450","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}