A son of the forest and other writings
By: by William Apess, a Pequot ; edited and with an introduction by Barry O'Connell.
Contributors: O'Connell, Barry, 1943-
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Amherst
Language: eng
Number of pages: 146
Subjects: Apess, William, b.1798.; Pequot Indians -- Biography.; Indians of North America -- New England.; Methodist Church -- New England -- Clergy -- Biography.; Indians, Treatment of -- New England.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [139]) and index.