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The Middle Five : Indian Schoolboys of the Omaha Tribe by Francis La Flesche (19
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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9780803279018
- Book Title
- Middle Five : Indian Schoolboys of the Omaha Tribe
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Item Length
- 8 in
- Publication Year
- 1978
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.5 in
- Features
- Reprint
- Genre
- Social Science
- Topic
- General
- Item Weight
- 7.9 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.2 in
- Number of Pages
- 156 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
ISBN-10
0803279019
ISBN-13
9780803279018
eBay Product ID (ePID)
984554
Product Key Features
Book Title
Middle Five : Indian Schoolboys of the Omaha Tribe
Number of Pages
156 Pages
Language
English
Topic
General
Publication Year
1978
Illustrator
Yes
Features
Reprint
Genre
Social Science
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
7.9 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
78-017409
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Decimal
970.3
Edition Description
Reprint
Synopsis
The Middle Five , first published in 1900, is an account of Francis La Flesche's life as a student in a Presbyterian mission school in northeastern Nebraska about the time of the Civil War. It is a simple, affecting tale of young Indian boys midway between two cultures, reluctant to abandon the ways of their fathers, and puzzled and uncomfortable in their new roles of "make-believe white men." The ambition of the Indian parents for their children, the struggle of the teachers to acquaint their charges with a new world of learning, and especially the problems met by both parents and teachers in controlling and directing schoolboy exuberance contribute to the authen-ticity of this portrait of the "Universal Boy," to whom La Flesche dedicated his book. Regarded by anthropologists as a classic of Native American literature, it is one of those rare books that are valued by the specialist as authentic sources of information about Indian culture and yet can be recommended wholeheartedly to the general reader, especially to young people in high school and the upper grades, as a useful corrective to the often distorted picture of Indian life seen in movies, comics, and television. Francis La Flesche, born about 1857, was the son of Estamaza, or "Chief Joseph" La Flesche, himself the son of a French trader and an Omaha mother In a lifetime devoted to the study of his people and their customs, Francis La Flesche achieved great distinction as a scientist and scholar, his most important work being two great series of studies on the Omaha and Osage tribes. The foreword, written by David A. Baerreis, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin, sketches the life and career of Francis La Flesche and gives background information on the Omaha tribe and the teaching in the mission schools of the period., The Middle Five , first published in 1900, is an account of Francis La Flesche's life as a student in a Presbyterian mission school in northeastern Nebraska about the time of the Civil War. It is a simple, affecting tale of young Indian boys midway between two cultures, reluctant to abandon the ways of their fathers, and puzzled and uncomfortable in their new roles of "make-believe white men." The ambition of the Indian parents for their children, the struggle of the teachers to acquaint their charges with a new world of learning, and especially the problems met by both parents and teachers in controlling and directing schoolboy exuberance contribute to the authen-ticity of this portrait of the "Universal Boy," to whom La Flesche dedicated his book. Regarded by anthropologists as a classic of Native American literature, it is one of those rare books that are valued by the specialist as authentic sources of information about Indian culture and yet can be recommended wholeheartedly to the general reader, especially to young people in high school and the upper grades, as a useful corrective to the often distorted picture of Indian life seen in movies, comics, and television.
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