Title: A son of the forest and other writings /
Authors: Apess, William, 1798-; O'Connell, Barry, 1943-
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press,
Year: 1997
Subjects: Apess, William,; Apess, William,; Pequot Indians Biography.; Indians of North America New England.; Methodist Church New England Clergy Biography.; Indians, Treatment of New England.
Abstract: Designed especially for classroom use, this book brings together the best known works of the nineteenth-century Indian writer William Apess, including the first extended autobiography by a Native American. The text is drawn from On Our Own Ground, which was named a Choice Outstanding Academic Book. Barry O'Connell has written a new introduction for this abbreviated edition.
Contents: Chronology -- A son of the forest -- The experiences of five Christian Indians of the Pequot tribe (1833) -- Eulogy on King Philip, as pronounced at the Odeon, in Federal Street, Boston.