Examines the life and career of the fifteenth-century Iroquois Indian.
David Treuer more than delivers on the promise he displayed in his acclaimed first novel, Little, and confirms his reputation as one of the most talented and original writers of his generation.
In the Summer of 1854, Longfellow wrote in his diary: "I have at length hit upon a plan for a poem on the American Indians, which seems to me the...
This book is an introduction to the life and work of Hiawatha whose peaceful advocacy and education inspired songs, books and folklore.
Born of Mohawk and Cayuga descent, musical icon Robbie Robertson learned the story of Hiawatha and his spiritual guide, the Peacemaker, as part of the Iroquois oral tradition.
Additional Sources For further discussion of Indian figures and themes in antebellum drama and melodrama, see Sollors, Beyond Ethnicity, 102-48, and on the Pocahontas theme, 75-80; B. Donald Grose, "Edwin Forrest, Metamora, ...
Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.
Describes in verse the childhood of the legendary Iroquois Indian.