Title Lost Creeks : collected journals / Alexander Posey ; edited with an introduction and notes by Matthew Wynn Sivils

Published Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (187 pages) : illustrations Series Book collections on Project MUSE Contents A note on the editing of the text -- Alexander Posey visits Chitto Harjo -- The life of Alexander Posey -- Introduction -- Journal of the Creek Orphan Asylum -- Biographical -- The cruise of the Good Vrouw : from a diary by one of the crew -- The river journal : the Barde typescript -- Notes afield -- The Hains letters -- Journal of the Creek Enrollment Field Party -- Lost to his tribe for many years -- Appendix : a catalog of Alexander Posey's personal library Summary Lost Creeks collects for the first time all the journals and shorter autobiographical works of noted Muscogee (Creek) writer, humorist, and political activist Alexander Posey (1873-1908). In his brief but productive life Posey became an influential political spokesperson, man of letters, and advocate for better conditions in Indian Territory. Posey's journals reveal much about his turbulent but noteworthy political career, his personal aspirations and challenges, and the creative process behind not only his poetry and short stories but also his famed Fus Fixico letters Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-178) and index Notes Print version record Subject Posey, Alexander Lawrence, 1873-1908. SUBJECT Posey, Alexander Lawrence, 1873-1908 Posey, Alexander Lawrence, 1873-1908 fast Subject Creek Indians -- Biography Indian authors -- United States -- Biography Indians of North America -- Government relations -- 1869-1934. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary. LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- Native American Studies. Creek Indians Indian authors Indians of North America -- Government relations Creek (peuple) -- biographie. SUBJECT Indian Territory. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83060565 Subject Oklahoma -- Indian Territory United States Genre/Form autobiographies (literary works) Autobiographies Biographies Autobiographies. Biographies. Autobiographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book Author Sivils, Matthew Wynn, 1971- LC no. 2008045520 ISBN 9780803224711 0803224710

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