One of the first known novels by a Native American woman, Cogewea (1927) is the story of a half-blood girl caught between the worlds of Anglo ranchers and full-blood reservation Indians; between the craven and false-hearted easterner Alfred Densmore and James LaGrinder, a half-blood cowboy and the best rider on the Flathead; between book learning and the folk wisdom of her full-blood grandmother. The book combines authentic Indian lore with the circumstance and dialogue of a popular romance; in its language, it shows a self-taught writer attempting to come to terms with the rift between formal written style and the comfort-able rhythms and slang of familiar speech.
Author: Mourning Dove
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Bison Books
Published: 06/01/1981
Pages: 302
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 7.98h x 5.33w x 0.77d
ISBN: 9780803281103
Language: English
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