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The Indian Reform Letters of Helen Hunt Jackson, 1879-1885 [Hardcover]

Helen Hunt Jackson (Author)

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Product Details

  • Hardcover: 400 pages
  • Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press (Oct 15 1998)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0806130903
  • ISBN-13: 978-0806130903
  • Product Dimensions: 2.4 x 1.6 x 0.3 cm
  • Shipping Weight: 612 g

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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 Victorian America, where Jackson made her mark despite the restrictions on women. Among her correspondents were Oliver Wendell Holmes, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Moncure D. Conway, Henry B. Whipple, Henry L. Dawes, Henry Teller, Carl Schurz, and of course, commissioners of Indian affairs and such prominent editors as Whitelaw Reid, Charles Dudley Warner, and Richard Watson Gilder.

The letters are presented in sections on the Ponca and Mission Indian causes, allowing readers to focus on the time period and Indian group of choice.

About the Author

Helen Hunt Jackson(1830-1885) is best known for her novel, Ramona, which is set in California and explores the same theme of injustice to the Indian.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Good Reading, Mar 16 2006
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This review is from: The Indian Reform Letters of Helen Hunt Jackson, 1879-1885 (Hardcover)
Being a member of The Juaneno Band of Mission Indians in San Juan Capistrano, Ca. This book has given me a great bit of understanding into how our people were treated and how this lady dedicated the last years of her life to helping the mission indians in California.I'm a new fan of Mrs.Jackson's writings.
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