My Captivity: A Pioneer Woman's Story of Her Life Among the Sioux (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781626364226)

Fanny Kelly's memoir, first published in 1872, is an intelligent and thoughtful narrative. Kelly spent five months as a prisoner of Ogalalla Sioux in 1864 when she was nineteen years old. A woman of her time, there was no reason she should feel sympathy toward her captors, but the introduction points out examples of expressed favor toward the Sioux, however unconscious. This narrative is a valuable part of literature not only for its historical importance but its depiction of the conflicting images of Native Americans in the nineteenth century: savage aggressors or victims of prejudice and oppression.

Author: Fanny Kelly
ISBN-10: 1626364222
ISBN-13: 9781626364226
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Language: English
Published: 01/02/2014
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.90d