The Moccasin Maker

By E. Pauline Johnson

Book Overview

Long before American Indian women's literature achieved its current popularity, the writings of E. Pauline Johnson (1861-1913) pioneered the field. A mixed-blood of Mohawk-English descent, Johnson gained renown for literary recitals and theatrical performances in Canada, England, and the United States, being billed at the turn of the century as the "Mohawk Princess." Many of Johnson's stories in The Moccasin Maker depict nineteenth-century Indian women caught between the forces of cultural continuity and the pressures of assimilation.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816509107
• ISBN13: 9780816509102
• Release Date: April 1987
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Length: 267 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 0.8" x 5.5"