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Twenty Thousand Mornings: An Autobiography by John Joseph Mathews (English) Hard

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ISBN-13
9780806142531
Book Title
Twenty Thousand Mornings
ISBN
9780806142531
Publication Year
2019
Type
Textbook
Format
Hardcover
Subject Area
Regional History
Language
English
Publication Name
Twenty Thousand Mornings: an Autobiography
Item Height
229mm
Author
John Joseph Mathews
Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
Item Width
152mm
Subject
History
Number of Pages
360 Pages

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When John Joseph Mathews (1894-1979) began his career as a writer in the 1930s, he was one of only a small number of Native American authors writing for a national audience. Today he is widely recognized as a founder and shaper of twentieth-century Native American literature. Twenty Thousand Mornings is Mathews's intimate chronicle of his formative years. Written in 1965-67 but only recently discovered, this work captures Osage life in pre-statehood Oklahoma and recounts many remarkable events in early-twentieth-century history. Born in Pawhuska, Osage Nation, Mathews was the only surviving son of a mixed-blood Osage father and a French-American mother. Within these pages he lovingly depicts his close relationships with family members and friends. Yet always drawn to solitude and the natural world, he wanders the Osage Hills in search of tranquil swimming holes - and new adventures. Overturning misguided critical attempts to confine Mathews to either Indian or white identity, Twenty Thousand Mornings shows him as a young man of his time. He goes to dances and movies, attends the brand-new University of Oklahoma, and joins the Air Service as a flight instructor during World War I - spawning a lifelong fascination with aviation. His accounts of wartime experiences include unforgettable descriptions of his first solo flight and growing skill in night-flying. Eventually Mathews gives up piloting to become a student again, this time at Oxford University, where he begins to mature as an intellectual. In her insightful introduction and explanatory notes, Susan Kalter places Mathews's work in the context of his life and career as a novelist, historian, naturalist, and scholar. Kalter draws on his unpublished diaries, revealing aspects of his personal life that have previously been misunderstood. In addressing the significance of this posthumous work, she posits that Twenty Thousand Mornings will challenge, defy, and perhaps redefine studies of American Indian autobiography.

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Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN-13
9780806142531
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Subject Area
Regional History
Author
John Joseph Mathews
Publication Name
Twenty Thousand Mornings: an Autobiography
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
History
Publication Year
2019
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
360 Pages

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Item Height
229mm
Item Width
152mm

Additional Product Features

Title_Author
John Joseph Mathews
Series Title
American Indian Literature and Critical Studies Series
Topic
Local History, Memorials
Genre
Biographies & True Stories
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Editor
Susan Kalter

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