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Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind's literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama.

A wigwam of weather-stained canvas stood at the base of some irregularly ascending hills. A footpath wound its way gently down the sloping land till it reached the broad river bottom; creeping through the long swamp grasses that bent over it on either side, it came out on the... Read Full Overview

American Indian Stories, first published in 1921, is a collection of childhood stories, allegorical fiction, and an essay. One of the most famous Sioux writers and activists of the modern era, Zitkala-Sa (Gertrude Bonnin) recalled legends and tales from oral tradition... Read Full Overview

American Indian Stories (1921) is a collection of stories and essays from Yankton Dakota writer Zitk la-S . Published while Zitk la-S was at the height of her career as an artist and activist, American Indian Stories collects the author's personal experiences,... Read Full Overview

Sioux writer and activist Zitkala-Sa (1876-1938) was born in the year of the infamous Battle of Little Big Horn--her people's last victory over the invasion forces that would soon force them onto reservations, on one of which she grew up under a regime of forced assimilation... Read Full Overview

Zitk?la-S? (1876-1938) (Red Bird), also known as Gertrude Simmons Bonnin, her missionary-given and later married name, was a Yankton Dakota writer, editor, translator, musician, educator, and political activist. She wrote several works chronicling her struggles with cultural... Read Full Overview

ZITKALA-SA [Red Bird] aka (Gertrude Bonnin) was for decades a writer, activist, historian, musician, orator, and much more. Born in 1876, she was, like many, caught between the world of the U.S Americans and her native culture. She was born and lived in a tipi for twelve years... Read Full Overview

American Indian Stories, first published in 1921, is a collection of childhood stories, allegorical fiction, and an essay. One of the most famous Sioux writers and activists of the modern era, Zitkala-Sa (Gertrude Bonnin) recalled legends and tales from oral tradition and used... Read Full Overview

LARGE PRINT EDITION . American Indian Stories (1921) is a collection of stories and essays from Yankton Dakota writer Zitk la-S . Published while Zitk la-S was at the height of her career as an artist and activist, American Indian Stories collects the... Read Full Overview

2020 Reprint of the 1921 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition and not reproduced with Optical Recognition software. American Indian Stories is a collection of childhood stories, allegorical fictions and essays written by Sioux writer and activist Zitkala-Sa. First... Read Full Overview

A unique combination of autobiography and fiction which represents an attempt to merge cultural critique with aesthetic form, especially surrounding such fundamental matters as religion.

This anthology is a thorough introduction to classic literature for those who have not yet experienced these literary masterworks. For those who have known and loved these works in the past, this is an invitation to reunite with old friends in a fresh new format. From Shakespeare's... Read Full Overview

Zitkala-Sa (1876-1938) (Dakota: pronounced zitk la-sa, which translates to "Red Bird"), also known by the missionary-given name Gertrude Simmons Bonnin, was a Sioux (Yankton Dakota) writer, editor, musician, teacher and political activist. She wrote several works chronicling... Read Full Overview

Zitkala-Sa (Gertrude Bonnin) was one of the early Indian writers to record tribal legends and tales from oral tradition. Impressions of an Indian Childhood describes her first eight yeas on the Yankton Reservation, where she was born in 1876. Her schooling in Indiana revealed... Read Full Overview

American Indian Stories is a collection of childhood stories, allegorical fictions and essays written by Sioux writer and activist Zitkala-Sa.First published in 1921, American Indian Stories details the hardships encountered by Zitkala-Sa and other Native Americans in the missionary... Read Full Overview

The story begins with a description of the big path that leads from Zitkala-Sa's childhood wigwam to a river which, in turn, makes its way to "The Edge of Missouri". Her mother would draw water from this river for household use. Zitkala-Sa would play at her mother's side, noting... Read Full Overview

A wigwam of weather-stained canvas stood at the base of some irregularly ascending hills. A footpath wound its way gently down the sloping land till it reached the broad river bottom; creeping through the long swamp grasses that bent over it on either side, it came out on the... Read Full Overview

"American Indian Stories" by Zitkala-Sa is a collection of autobiographical essays and short stories that offer a powerful and insightful look into the experiences of Native Americans at the turn of the 20th century. The book is divided into two parts: the first part recounts... Read Full Overview