Journalist, novelist, and scholar Helen Hunt Jackson (1830 85) remains one of the most influential and popular writers on the struggles of American Indians. This volume collects for the first time seven of her most important articles, annotated and introduced by Jackson scholars Valerie Sherer Mathes and Phil Brigandi. Valuable as eyewitness accounts of Mission Indian life in Southern California in the 1880s, the articles also offer insight into Jackson s career. The articles served as the basis for Jackson s 1884 romantic novel, "Ramona, " still popular among Americans today....
Journalist, novelist, and scholar Helen Hunt Jackson (1830 85) remains one of the most influential and popular writers on the struggles of Americ...
Helen Hunt Jackson s passionate crusade for Indian rights comes to life in this collection of more than 200 letters, most of which have never been published before. With Valerie Sherer Mathes s helpful notes, the letters reveal the behind-the-scenes drama of Jackson s involvement in Indian reform, which led her to write A Century of Dishonor and her protest novel, "Ramona."
Ralph Waldo Emerson described Jackson as the "greatest American woman poet." These stirring letters will intrigue anyone interested in Indian affairs, nineteenth-century women s studies, or the social history of...
Helen Hunt Jackson s passionate crusade for Indian rights comes to life in this collection of more than 200 letters, most of which have never been ...
