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The Making of Sacagawea : A Euro-American Legend /

Sacagawea is one of the most renowned figures of the American West. A member of the Shoshone tribe, she was captured by the Hidatsas as a child and eventually became one of the wives of a French fur trader, Toussaint Charbonneau. In 1805 Charbonneau joined Lewis and Clark as the expedition's in...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Kessler, Donna J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, 2006.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Frontier Myths and "Indian" Images: Essential Elements for the Making of the Sacagawea Legend
  • 2. Original Expedition Journals and Earliest Editions: Raw Materials of Legend
  • 3. The Birth and Proliferation of the Sacagawea Legend: The Progressive Era
  • 4. Variation and Elaboration: The Sacagawea Legend from the 1940s through the 1960s
  • 5. The Sacagawea Legend Since 1970: Proliferation of Popular Traditions and Dissenting Portrayals
  • 6. The Sacagawea Legend: Past Images and Future Prospects.