My Captivity

A Pioneer Woman's Story of Her Life Among the Sioux

Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States, 19th Century, Biography & Memoir
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Author: Fanny Kelly ISBN: 9781628738438
Publisher: Skyhorse Publication: January 2, 2014
Imprint: Skyhorse Language: English
Author: Fanny Kelly
ISBN: 9781628738438
Publisher: Skyhorse
Publication: January 2, 2014
Imprint: Skyhorse
Language: English

Fanny Kelly’s memoir, first published in 1872, is an intelligent and thoughtful narrative. Kelly spent five months as a prisoner of Ogalalla Sioux in 1864 when she was nineteen years old. A woman of her time, there was no reason she should feel sympathy toward her captors, but the introduction points out examples of expressed favor toward the Sioux, however unconscious. This narrative is a valuable part of literature not only for its historical importance but its depiction of the conflicting images of Native Americans in the nineteenth century: savage aggressors or victims of prejudice and oppression.

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Fanny Kelly’s memoir, first published in 1872, is an intelligent and thoughtful narrative. Kelly spent five months as a prisoner of Ogalalla Sioux in 1864 when she was nineteen years old. A woman of her time, there was no reason she should feel sympathy toward her captors, but the introduction points out examples of expressed favor toward the Sioux, however unconscious. This narrative is a valuable part of literature not only for its historical importance but its depiction of the conflicting images of Native Americans in the nineteenth century: savage aggressors or victims of prejudice and oppression.

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