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Bezig met laden... From the Deep Woods to Civilization: Chapters in the Autobiography of an Indian (1916)door Charles Alexander Eastman
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. La vida en los bosques es un libro autobiográfico en el que Eastman narra, con gran viveza y amenidad, sus recuerdos de aquellos años en que llevó la vida fascinante de los niños pieles rojas. En un medio natural a la vez bellÃsimo y lleno de peligros, el pequeño indio seguÃa los pasos de sus mayores y, entre juegos y aventuras, se formaba para llegar a ser algún dÃa el guerrero estoico y valeroso que hoy todos admiramos. Las cacerÃas, los ataques de tribus enemigas, los rigores y las bellezas de los bosques y las praderas, la presencia constante de los animales, las leyendas y los relatos de hazañas guerreras… todo, en fin, lo que constituÃa aquel mundo legendario se ofrece al lector en una obra llena de vida que lleva el sello inconfundible de la experiencia auténtica. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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HTML:"Has a many-sided appeal â?¦. This stimulating book is one of the few that really deserve the over-worked term, a human document." â?? Publishers Weekly. In the first of his memoirs, the popular Indian Boyhood, Charles Alexander Eastman recounted his traditional upbringing among the Santee Sioux. From the Deep Woods to Civilization resumes his story, recounting his abrupt departure from tribal life at age 15 to pursue his education among whites â?? a path that led him to certification as a medical doctor, the publication of many successful books, and a lifetime of tireless efforts to benefit his native culture. Through his social work and his writings, Eastman became one of the best-known Indians of the early twentieth century and an important force in interpreting and relating the spiritual depth and greatness of the Native American traditions. Eastman became a physician in hopes of serving the Native American community; he received a Bachelor of Science degree from Dartmouth in 1887 and a medical degree from Boston University in 1890. He began college just a few months after the Battle of Little Bighorn, and his first job as a physician at Pine Ridge Reservation coincided with the Ghost Dance uprisings that culminated in the U. S. Army's attack at Wounded Knee. The only doctor available to assist the massacre's victims, Eastman writes movingly of the event's appalling inhumanity and injustice. Afterward, he lobbied Capitol Hill on behalf of the Sioux and devoted the rest of his life, both in and out of government service, to helping Indians adapt to the white world while retaining the best of their own culture. His autobiography resonates with the impassioned thoughts and experiences of a profound contributor to the richness of American Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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