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Standing Bear Is a Person: The True Story of a Native American's Quest for Justice

Autor Stephen Dando-Collins
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 27 sep 2005
In a federal courtroom in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1879, Standing Bear, clan chief of the small and peaceful Ponca tribe, was in court demanding the same basic right that white Americans enjoyed-the right to be recognized legally as a human being. The compelling, behind-the-scenes story of that landmark court case, and the subsequent reverberations of the judge's ruling across nineteenth-century America is told in Stephen Dando-Collin's "brisk and evocative account" ( Kirkus ). It is a story of memorable Old West characters who joined to fight for Standing Bear and paved his way to the courthouse-the former Indian-fighting Army general who changed sides to stand with Standing Bear, the crusading Midwestern newspaper editor who had once been a gun-toting frontier preacher, and the "most beautiful Indian maiden of her time," Bright Eyes. Full of colourful characters, battles of legal wits, and the twists and turns of a cause in search of an audience, Standing Bear Is a Person is a captivating read.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780306814419
ISBN-10: 0306814412
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.4 kg
Editura: Little Brown
Colecția Da Capo Press
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom