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Lost Creeks
Posey, Alexander. Ed(S): Sivils, Matthew Wynn
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Description for Lost Creeks
Hardback. In his brief but productive life, noted Muscogee (Creek) writer, humorist, and political activist Alexander Posey (1873-1908) became an influential political spokesperson, man of letters, and advocate for better conditions in Indian Territory. This book presents a collection of the journals and shorter autobiographical works of Posey. Editor(s): Sivils, Matthew Wynn. Num Pages: 200 pages, photograph. BIC Classification: 1KBB; C; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
Lost Creeks collects for the first time all the journals and shorter autobiographical works of noted Muscogee (Creek) writer, humorist, and political activist Alexander Posey (1873–1908). In his brief but productive life Posey became an influential political spokesperson, man of letters, and advocate for better conditions in Indian Territory. Posey’s journals reveal much about his turbulent but noteworthy political career, his personal aspirations and challenges, and the creative process behind not only his poetry and short stories but also his famed Fus Fixico letters.
Drawing on extensive archival research, Matthew Wynn Sivils produces a carefully annotated edition of the ... Read more
Lost Creeks collects for the first time all the journals and shorter autobiographical works of noted Muscogee (Creek) writer, humorist, and political activist Alexander Posey (1873–1908). In his brief but productive life Posey became an influential political spokesperson, man of letters, and advocate for better conditions in Indian Territory. Posey’s journals reveal much about his turbulent but noteworthy political career, his personal aspirations and challenges, and the creative process behind not only his poetry and short stories but also his famed Fus Fixico letters.
Drawing on extensive archival research, Matthew Wynn Sivils produces a carefully annotated edition of the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Lincoln, United States
ISBN
9780803216280
SKU
V9780803216280
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About Posey, Alexander. Ed(S): Sivils, Matthew Wynn
Matthew Wynn Sivils is an assistant professor of English at Iowa State University. He is the editor of Alexander Posey’s Chinnubbie and the Owl: Muscogee (Creek) Stories, Orations, and Oral Traditions and Song of the Oktahutche: Collected Poems, both published by the University of Nebraska Press.
Reviews for Lost Creeks
"The editor has extensively supplemented the original texts with a biographical essay, an introduction to the journals that contextualizes Posey in relation to the politics of the Creek nation, and a catalogue of his library books, thus making of a few discrete glimpses into Posey's life and his milieu a useful and engaging volume."—Tol Foster, Chronicles of Oklahoma "This book is ... Read more