The making of Sacagawea : a Euro-American legend /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kessler, Donna J.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Tuscaloosa, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, ©1996.
Subjects:
Sacagawea > Legends.
Sacagawea
Lewis and Clark Expedition > (1804-1806)
Shoshoni women > Folklore.
Femmes shoshone > Folklore.
TRAVEL > General.
TRAVEL.
Shoshoni women
Folklore
Legends
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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