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Americans recaptured : progressive era memory of frontier captivity Molly K. Varley
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks E 85 .V37 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Varley, Molly K. (Molly Kathleen), 1976-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Captivity narratives--United States.
- Captivity narratives.
- Frontier and pioneer life in literature.
- United States--History--1865-1921.
- United States.
- Progressivism (United States politics).
- Group identity--United States.
- Group identity.
- Indians in literature.
- National characteristics, American.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 230 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2014]
- Contents:
- Introduction. Indian captivity in the post-frontier era
- Small towns remember Indian captivity
- The Indian and the activist
- On creating Americans
- Character building and the manly mother
- Epilogue. The captive as conduit.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-222) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780806144931 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 0806144939 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- OCLC:
- 875240129
- Publisher Number:
- 40024266272
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