Essie's Story: The Life and Legacy of a Shoshone Teacher

by Esther Burnett Horne and Sally McBeth

Book Overview

This is the spirited story of Esther Burnett Horne, an accomplished and inspiring educator in Indian boarding schools. Born in 1909, Horne attended Haskell Indian Institute in Lawrence, Kansas, and often visited relatives on the Shoshone Wind River Reservation in Wyoming. Motivated by teachers like Ella Deloria and Ruth Muskrat Bronson, Horne devoted her life to educating other Indian children. She began teaching at the Wahpeton Indian School in Wahpeton,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080327324X
• ISBN13: 9780803273245
• Release Date: August 1999
• Publisher: Bison
• Length: 225 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Essie's Story

Essie's Story is an excellent source of history and information on the women of the Mountain West, of whom Esther Burnett Horne shines brilliantly.

A great book about a great women.

A life history of the great-great granddaughter of Sacajewea who was Indian boarding school teacher. The stories were great and left me with the notion of how could this women accomplish so much in one lifetime. A must read.