{"product_id":"cogewea-the-half-blood-a-depiction-of-the-great-montana-cattle-range-9780803281103","title":"Cogewea, the Half Blood: A Depiction of the Great Montana Cattle Range","description":"One of the first known novels by a Native American woman, \u003ci\u003eCogewea\u003c\/i\u003e (1927) is the story of a half-blood girl caught between the worlds of Anglo ranchers and full-blood reservation Indians; between the craven and false-hearted easterner Alfred Densmore and James LaGrinder, a half-blood cowboy and the best rider on the Flathead; between book learning and the folk wisdom of her full-blood grandmother. The book combines authentic Indian lore with the circumstance and dialogue of a popular romance; in its language, it shows a self-taught writer attempting to come to terms with the rift between formal written style and the comfort-able rhythms and slang of familiar speech.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMourning Dove, the author of \u003ci\u003eCogewea\u003c\/i\u003e, was an Okanogan of eastern Washington. She lived as a migrant farmworker and, after ten-hour days in the hop fields and apple orchards, faithfully returned to the battered typewriter in her tent. Lucullus Virgil McWhorter, a respected and sympathetic student of Indian lore and history, encouraged her in her ambition to be a writer; finally she made her book a record of the folklore of the Okanogan tribe, a plea for the welfare of the half-blood, and above all the testimony to her own singleminded dedication.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bison Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50527314837778,"sku":"9780803281103","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_21172e3c-1d19-4a54-a5ce-53768113c80f.jpg?v=1731297275","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/cogewea-the-half-blood-a-depiction-of-the-great-montana-cattle-range-9780803281103","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}