William Joseph Snelling's Tales of the Northwest

By William Joseph Snelling, William Joseph Snellling, William Joseph. Snelling

Book Overview

Snelling's Tales of the Northwest was first published by the University of Minnesota Press in 1936. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0880290641
• ISBN13: 9780880290647
• Release Date: January 1985
• Publisher: Dorset Press
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.4" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

Good historical reading

At the time this book was originally written (1830), the Northwest was the upper Missisippi Valley. I originally read this book because the author had lived among the Native American Indians and knew their culture. This was before the true nature of the European White man had become evident to the Indians and the Indians treated the White man as equals. But, in his introduction, even though he blasts other authors for their shallow representation of the Indian, he automatically assumes the Indians are not as good as White people and treats them as such in the book. Frequently though, the Indian looks more honorable than the White man in the ten stories. Despite the author's bias, a picture of the Indian's culture does come through. A good read for Indian and White culture at the time