{"product_id":"twenty-thousand-mornings-john-joseph-mathews-9780806165745","title":"Twenty Thousand Mornings: An Autobiography Volume 57","description":"When John Joseph Mathews (1894-1979) began his career as a writer in the 1930s, he was one of only a small number of Native American authors writing for a national audience. Today he is widely recognized as a founder and shaper of twentieth-century Native American literature. \u003ci\u003eTwenty Thousand Mornings \u003c\/i\u003eis Mathews's intimate chronicle of his formative years. Written in 1965-67 but only recently discovered, this work captures Osage life in pre-statehood Oklahoma and recounts many remarkable events in early-twentieth-century history.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBorn in Pawhuska, Osage Nation, Mathews was the only surviving son of a mixed-blood Osage father and a French-American mother. Within these pages he lovingly depicts his close relationships with family members and friends. Yet always drawn to solitude and the natural world, he wanders the Osage Hills in search of tranquil swimming holes--and new adventures.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOverturning misguided critical attempts to confine Mathews to either Indian or white identity, \u003ci\u003eTwenty Thousand Mornings\u003c\/i\u003e shows him as a young man of his time. He goes to dances and movies, attends the brand-new University of Oklahoma, and joins the Air Service as a flight instructor during World War I--spawning a lifelong fascination with aviation. His accounts of wartime experiences include unforgettable descriptions of his first solo flight and growing skill in night-flying. Eventually Mathews gives up piloting to become a student again, this time at Oxford University, where he begins to mature as an intellectual.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn her insightful introduction and explanatory notes\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e Susan Kalter places Mathews's work in the context of his life and career as a novelist, historian, naturalist, and scholar. Kalter draws on his unpublished diaries, revealing aspects of his personal life that have previously been misunderstood. In addressing the significance of this posthumous work, she posits that \u003ci\u003eTwenty Thousand Mornings\u003c\/i\u003e will challenge, defy, and perhaps redefine studies of American Indian autobiography.\"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Joseph Mathews\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 080616574X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780806165745\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 01\/23\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.16lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.80d","brand":"John Joseph Mathews","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44126272127231,"sku":"9780806165745","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4726f676-fbfa-4d02-9a27-2abcaabaa83a.jpg?v=1687447239","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/twenty-thousand-mornings-john-joseph-mathews-9780806165745","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}