Author: Carolyn L. Karcher
Subject: Literary Studies/Womens Studies
Paper ISBN 0-8135-1164-X
Pages: 245 pp.
Series: American Women Writers
Description:

"For years out of print, these works, notable for their literary quality, eloquence, and rich store of historical fact, should establish Child as one of the foremost American women writers of the 19th century."-Choice

"A courageous work of fiction . . . one of the first books by a woman to consciously attack the patriarchy. . . . A landmark."-Belles Lettres

Hobomok, A Tale of Early Times is the provocative story of an upperclass white woman who marries an Indian chief, has a child, then leaves him-with the child-for another man. This novel, originally published in 1824, is a powerful first among antipatriarchal and antiracist novels in American listerature. In addition, this collection contains seven remarkable short stores; an extract on Indian women from Child's groundbreaking History of the Condition of Women in Various Ages and Nations (1835); a selection from her best-selling volume of journalistic sketches, Letters from New-York (1843); and her eloquent Appeal for Indians (1868).

This revised edition of "Hobomok" and Other Writings on Indians includes three new stories-"The Church in the Wilderness," "Willie Wharton." And "The Indians"-As well as explanatory notes and an updated bibliography.

Carolyn L. Karcher is a professor of American Studies and English at Temple University and the author of The First Woman in the Republic: A Cultural Biography of Lydia Maria Child.