{"product_id":"wynema-a-child-of-the-forest-9780803263789","title":"Wynema: A Child of the Forest","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 1891, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWynema\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is the first novel known to have been written by a woman of American Indian descent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet against the sweeping and often tragic cultural changes that affected southeastern native peoples during the late nineteenth century, it tells the story of a lifelong friendship between two women from vastly different backgrounds--Wynema Harjo, a Muscogee Indian, and Genevieve Weir, a Methodist teacher from a genteel Southern family. Both are firm believers in women's rights and Indian reform; both struggle to overcome prejudice and correct injustices between sexes and races. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCallahan uses the conventional traditions of a sentimental domestic romance to deliver an elegant plea for tolerance, equality, and reform.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eS. Alice Callahan (1868-94) was a mixed-blood of Muscogee descent. She attended the Wesleyan Female Institute in Staunton, Virginia, and became a Methodist teacher for the Muscogee (Creek) Nation in Oklahoma. \u003ci\u003eWynema\u003c\/i\u003e was her first and only novel. A. LaVonne Brown Ruoff is professor emerita of English at the University of Illinois, Chicago, and the author of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Indian Literatures: An Introduction, Bibliographic Review and Selected Bibliography.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50503860060434,"sku":"9780803263789","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_eb957715-5d3f-48dc-8f65-bc4b755cb215.jpg?v=1730801114","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/wynema-a-child-of-the-forest-9780803263789","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}