{"product_id":"molly-spotted-elk-bunny-mcbride-9780806129891","title":"Molly Spotted Elk: A Penobscot In Paris","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMolly Spotted Elk: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Penobscot in Paris\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the extraordinary life of a twentieth-century American Indian performing artist. Born in 1903 on the Penobscot reservation in Maine, Molly ventured into show business at an early age--performing vaudeville in New York, starring in the classic docudrama \u003ci\u003eThe Silent Enemy\u003c\/i\u003e, then dancing for royalty and mingling with the literary elite in Europe. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In Paris, Molly found an audience more appreciative of authentic Native dance than in the United States. There Molly married a French journalist, but she was forced to leave him and flee France with her daughter during the 1940 German occupation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Drawing extensively on diaries, letters, interviews, and other sources, Bunny McBride reconstructs Molly Spotted Elk's story and sheds new light on the pressures Molly and her peers endured in acting out white stereotypes of the \"Indian.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bunny McBride\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0806129891\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780806129891\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Oklahoma Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.54h x 5.52w x 0.86d","brand":"Bunny McBride","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43980557385983,"sku":"9780806129891","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2ccd937e-9354-4a57-8454-3bd6735820f5.jpg?v=1683250582","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/molly-spotted-elk-bunny-mcbride-9780806129891","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}