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Published by University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK, 1977
ISBN 10: 0806114290ISBN 13: 9780806114293
Seller: Maya Jones Books, Cerrillos, NM, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Reprint, n.d. VERY GOOD. Spine cocked and creased, wrappers handled, corners lightly bumped, previous owner name on back. Western Frontier Library Vol. 4. Size: 12mo.
Published by University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK, 1977
ISBN 10: 0806114290ISBN 13: 9780806114293
Seller: S. Howlett-West Books (Member ABAA), Modesto, CA, U.S.A.
Book
Paperback. Condition: Very Good-. Trade Edition. This is a smaller than trade sized paperback book. The book is in Very Good- condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some rubbing and wear and there is a crease to the top front corner. The text pages are clean and bright. "John Rollin Ridge (Cherokee name: Cheesquatalawny, or Yellow Bird, March 19, 1827 October 5, 1867) , a member of the Cherokee Nation, is considered the first Native American novelist. After moving to California in 1850, he began to write. He is known for his novel The Life and Adventures of Joaquin Murieta: The Celebrated California Bandit (1854) , based on a notorious outlaw of the period. His father John Ridge had been assassinated in 1839 in Indian Territory, after removal, by Cherokee who condemned his having signed a treaty to cede communal land to the United States. Ridge was taken by his mother to Fayetteville, Arkansas, for safety. He later attended school in Massachusetts. After returning to Arkansas, he read the law, set up a practice and married. In 1850 he went West in the California Gold Rush, where his wife and daughter later joined him. There he started writing both poetry and essays. In his novel and other works, he criticized American racism toward Mexicans, several years after the war by which the United States acquired California and much of the Southwest. After the American Civil War, he was among the Cherokee delegation that negotiated a new treaty for peace with the United States. " (from Wikipedia).
Published by University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK, 1955
Seller: Second Edition Books, Butte, MT, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good -. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Tight binding, clean interior. Blue boards with bright gilt lettering on spine; mild wear and bumping, front board bowed upwards. DJ is preserved in mylar, has not been clipped, chipping at corners and spine ends. Interior is unmarked. "One hundred years ago, an imaginative Cherokee Indian called Yellow Bird launched in this book the myth of Joaquin Murieta, based on the California criminal career of a nineteenth-century Mexican bandit." (from front flap) 159 pages "new edition" of 1955.