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- Lost Creeks: Collected Journals
- Book
- 2009
- Published by: University of Nebraska Press
summary
Lost Creeks collects for the first time all the journals and shorter autobiographical works of noted Muscogee (Creek) writer, humorist, and political activist Alexander Posey (1873–1908). In his brief but productive life Posey became an influential political spokesperson, man of letters, and advocate for better conditions in Indian Territory. Posey’s journals reveal much about his turbulent but noteworthy political career, his personal aspirations and challenges, and the creative process behind not only his poetry and short stories but also his famed Fus Fixico letters.
Drawing on extensive archival research, Matthew Wynn Sivils produces a carefully annotated edition of the journals and also provides abundant contextual information. This volume enriches and personalizes the legacy of this remarkable Native writer and provides new insight into the beginnings of twentieth-century Native intellectual, political, and literary movements and traditions.
Drawing on extensive archival research, Matthew Wynn Sivils produces a carefully annotated edition of the journals and also provides abundant contextual information. This volume enriches and personalizes the legacy of this remarkable Native writer and provides new insight into the beginnings of twentieth-century Native intellectual, political, and literary movements and traditions.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. vii-viii
- A Note on the Editing of the Text
- pp. ix-xii
- The Life of Alexander Posey
- pp. 9-37
- Introduction
- pp. 38-54
- Journal of the Creek Orphan Asylum
- pp. 55-98
- Biographical
- pp. 99-101
- The River Journal
- pp. 105-109
- Notes Afield
- pp. 110-115
- The Hains Letters
- pp. 116-120
- Journal of the Creek Enrollment Field Party
- pp. 121-135
- Lost to His Tribe for Many Years
- pp. 136-138
- Bibliography
- pp. 175-178
Additional Information
ISBN
9780803224711
MARC Record
OCLC
440817229
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No