Ramona

Jackson, Helen Hunt

ISBN 10: 0451528425 / ISBN 13: 9780451528421

Verlag: Signet Book, 2002

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Inhaltsangabe:

One of the greatest ethical novels of the nineteenth century, Helen Hunt Jackson's Ramona is a tale of true love tested.

Set in Old California, this powerful narrative richly depicts the life of the fading Spanish order, the oppression of tribal American communities and inevitably, the brutal intrusion of white settlers. Ramona, an illegitimate orphan, grows up as the ward of the overbearing Senora Moreno. But her desire for Alessandro, a Native American, makes her an outcast and fugitive...

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Helen Hunt Jackson (1830–1885) was a poet, novelist and essayist who became an advocate for Native American rights, fighting for improved treatment of Natives by the US government. She detailed the adverse effects of previous actions taken against Indian tribes in her history A Century of Dishonor (1881). Her novel Ramona (1884) dramatized the federal government's mistreatment of Native Americans in Southern California after the Mexican–American War and attracted considerable attention to her cause.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Ramona
Verlag: Signet Book
Erscheinungsdatum: 2002
Einband: Mass Market Paperback
Zustand: Good
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