{"product_id":"a-cherokee-womans-america-karen-l-kilcup-9780813028668","title":"A Cherokee Woman's America: Memoirs of Narcissa Owen, 1831-1907","description":"This first scholarly edition of the writings of a unique Native American woman details an extraordinary life in a combination of genres including oral history, ethnography, and western adventure sketches. Narcissa Owen was of mixed Cherokee and Scots-Irish descent and the daughter of a leader of the Old Settlers (those Cherokees who moved west prior to their subsequent forced removal by the U.S. government, the notorious Trail of Tears).\u003cbr\u003e The \u003ci\u003eMemoirs\u003c\/i\u003e reveal a fascinating and complex 19th-century woman--an artist, music teacher, storyteller, Confederate slave owner, Washington socialite, wife of a white railroad executive, widow, and mother of the first Native American U.S. Senator, Robert L. Owen, Jr. Her writings interpret the history of the tribe and describe the cultural upheaval of the Cherokees moving west. They also offer a glimpse into antebellum, Civil War, and Reconstruction American life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This edition provides a wealth of background information including a biographical preface, chronology of Owen's life, genealogy, and textual footnotes. In addition, an introductory essay places the \u003ci\u003eMemoirs\u003c\/i\u003e in the context of Owen's predecessors and contemporaries, including Cherokee cultural and literary tradition, the larger Indian historical\/literary context, and women's writing of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Karen L. Kilcup\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813028663\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813028668\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Florida\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/28\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.96lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.32h x 6.16w x 0.73d","brand":"Karen L. Kilcup","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48013795098879,"sku":"9780813028668","price":59.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2c32bbf2-51f8-4619-8b9f-8ad0d98eb047.jpg?v=1767744817","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-cherokee-womans-america-karen-l-kilcup-9780813028668","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}