Lost Creeks: Collected Journals (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780803216280)

Lost Creeks collects for the first time all the journals and shorter autobiographical works of noted Muscogee (Creek) writer, humorist, and political activist Alexander Posey (1873-1908). In his brief but productive life Posey became an influential political spokesperson, man of letters, and advocate for better conditions in Indian Territory. Posey's journals reveal much about his turbulent but noteworthy political career, his personal aspirations and challenges, and the creative process behind not only his poetry and short stories but also his famed Fus Fixico letters.

Drawing on extensive archival research, Matthew Wynn Sivils produces a carefully annotated edition of the journals and also provides abundant contextual information. This volume enriches and personalizes the legacy of this remarkable Native writer and provides new insight into the beginnings of twentieth-century Native intellectual, political, and literary movements and traditions.

Author: Alexander Posey
ISBN-10: 0803216289
ISBN-13: 9780803216280
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Language: English
Published: 05/01/2009
Pages: 200
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.60w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Chronicle of Higher Education 04/03/2009 pg. 16
Choice 08/01/2009