Wynema: A Child of the Forest. Illustrated
Wynema, a Child of the Forest was a historical novel by American (Muscogee) author, Sophia Alice Callahan. It is the first novel by a Native American woman in the U.S.
The novel follows Wynema, a young Muscogee girl, who, like Callahan, becomes educated in English and teaches at a mission school. She is shown marrying the brother of her friend, a white teacher. She has a child with him, but after Wounded Knee, also adopts a Lakota infant girl.
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Wynema: A Child of the Forest. Illustrated
Wynema, a Child of the Forest was a historical novel by American (Muscogee) author, Sophia Alice Callahan. It is the first novel by a Native American woman in the U.S.
The novel follows Wynema, a young Muscogee girl, who, like Callahan, becomes educated in English and teaches at a mission school. She is shown marrying the brother of her friend, a white teacher. She has a child with him, but after Wounded Knee, also adopts a Lakota infant girl.
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Wynema: A Child of the Forest. Illustrated

Wynema: A Child of the Forest. Illustrated

by Sophia Alice Callahan
Wynema: A Child of the Forest. Illustrated

Wynema: A Child of the Forest. Illustrated

by Sophia Alice Callahan

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Overview

Wynema, a Child of the Forest was a historical novel by American (Muscogee) author, Sophia Alice Callahan. It is the first novel by a Native American woman in the U.S.
The novel follows Wynema, a young Muscogee girl, who, like Callahan, becomes educated in English and teaches at a mission school. She is shown marrying the brother of her friend, a white teacher. She has a child with him, but after Wounded Knee, also adopts a Lakota infant girl.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780880044158
Publisher: Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing
Publication date: 01/05/2023
Sold by: Bookwire
Format: eBook
Pages: 126
File size: 906 KB
Age Range: 16 - 18 Years

About the Author

Sophia Alice Callahan (1 January 1868 – 7 January 1894) was a novelist and teacher of Muscogee heritage. Her novel, Wynema, a Child of the Forest (1891) is thought "to be the first novel written by a Native American woman.
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