![]() Indians, Treatment of-New England-History. I. Methodist Church-New England-Clergy-Biography. 4. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ![]() Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Gura, Philip F., 1950– The life of William Apess, Pequot / Philip F. The University of North Carolina Press has been a member of the Green Press Initiative since 2003. ![]() Manufactured in the United States of America The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources. © 2015 The University of North Carolina Press All rights reserved Designed by Richard Hendel Set in Miller, Didot, and Sutro types by Tseng Information Systems, Inc. The signature appears in the author’s copy of the book. Illustration on the jacket and the title page: frontispiece to William Apess, A Son of the Forest (1831) collection of the author. The University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill Bollman) The Crossroads of American History and Literature A Glimpse of Sion’s Glory: Puritan Radicalism in New England, 1620–1660 Critical Essays on American Transcendentalism (with Joel Myerson) The Wisdom of Words: Language, Theology, and Literature in the New England Renaissance Martin and His Guitars, 1796–1873 Buried from the World: Inside the Massachusetts State Prison, 1829–1831 America’s Instrument: The Banjo in the Nineteenth Century (with James F. GURA Truth’s Ragged Edge: The Rise of the American Novel Jonathan Edwards: Writings from the Great Awakening The American Antiquarian Society, 1812–2012: A Bicentennial History American Transcendentalism: A History Jonathan Edwards: America’s Evangelical C. Following Apess from his early life through the development of his political radicalism to his tragic early death and enduring legacy, this much-needed biography showcases the accomplishments of an extraordinary Native American.ĪLSO BY PHILIP F. Placing Apess's activism on behalf of Native American people in the context of the era's rising tide of abolitionism, Gura argues that this founding figure of Native intellectual history deserves greater recognition in the pantheon of antebellum reformers. His 1829 autobiography, A Son of the Forest, stands as the first published by a Native American writer. After an impoverished childhood marked by abuse, Apess soldiered with American troops during the War of 1812, converted to Methodism, and rose to fame as a lecturer who lifted a powerful voice of protest against the plight of Native Americans in New England and beyond. Gura offers the first book-length chronicle of Apess's fascinating and consequential life. The Pequot Indian intellectual, author, and itinerant preacher William Apess (1798–1839) was one the most important voices of the nineteenth century.
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