| My Captivity: A Pioneer Woman's Story of Her Life Among the Sioux Contributor(s): Kelly, Fanny (Author) |
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ISBN: 1626364222 ISBN-13: 9781626364226 Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - Biography & Autobiography | Women - Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - Native American & Aboriginal |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2013040095 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.9" W x 8.8" (0.80 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |