The Making Of Sacagawea

Author : Donna J. Kessler
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
ISBN 13 : 0817309284
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Making of Sacagawea written by Donna J. Kessler and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 1998-04-13 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kessler supplies both the biography of a legend and an explanation of why that legend has endured. Sacagawea is one of the most renowned figures of the American West. A member of the Shoshone tribe, she was captured by the Hidatsas as a child and eventually became one of the wives of a French fur trader, Toussaint Charbonneau. In 1805 Charbonneau joined Lewis and Clark as the expedition's interpreter. Sacagawea was the only woman to participate in this important mission, and some claim that she served as a guide when the expedition reached the upper Missouri River and the mountainous region. Although much has been written about the historical importance of Sacagawea in connection with the expedition, no one has explored why her story has endured so successfully in Euro-American culture. In an examination of representative texts (including histories, works of fiction, plays, films, and the visual arts) from 1805 to the present, Kessler charts the evolution and transformation of the legend over two centuries and demonstrates that Sacagawea has persisted as a Euro-American legend because her story exemplified critical elements of America's foundation myths-especially the concept of manifest destiny. Kessler also shows how the Sacagawea legend was flexible within its mythic framework and was used to address cultural issues specific to different time periods, including suffrage for women, taboos against miscegenation, and modern feminism.

Author : Lise Erdrich
Publisher : Carolrhoda Books ®
ISBN 13 : 1467732834
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sacagawea written by Lise Erdrich and published by Carolrhoda Books ®. This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking a rare look beyond the myths and legends surrounding Sacagawea's life, this extraordinary illustrated history recounts the known facts about a remarkable woman and her contribution to one of America's greatest journeys of exploration. Combining beautifully wrought oil paintings, a moving true story, and a unique larger format, Sacagawea will captivate readers of all ages. Kidnapped from her Shoshone tribe when she was just eleven or twelve, Sacagawea lived with her captors for four years before being given in marriage to a French Canadian fur trapper, Toussaint Charbonneau. With him, she served as interpreter, peacemaker, and guide for the Lewis and Clark Expedition to the Northwest in 1805-1806. Braving hunger and fierce blizzards, Sacagawea traveled thousands of miles with a baby on her back. By the end of the legendary journey, Sacagawea's steadfast courage and capable guidance had ensured her place in history.

Author : Dennis B. Fradin
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0448424851
Total Pages : 113 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Who was Sacagawea? written by Dennis B. Fradin and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2002 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Story of a brave woman and explorer who helped Lewis and Clark on the expedition.

Author : W. Dale Nelson
Publisher : University of North Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 1574411659
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Interpreters with Lewis and Clark written by W. Dale Nelson and published by University of North Texas Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A frank portrayal of Toussaint Charbonneau, a French-Canadian fur trader, who, with his Shoshone Indian wife Sacagawea, joined the Lewis and Clark expedition in 1803. While Sacagawea assumed legendary status as a "token of peace", Toussaint has been maligned in fiction and nonfiction alike.

Author : Anna L. Waldo
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062035916
Total Pages : 966 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sacajawea written by Anna L. Waldo and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-11-02 with total page 966 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clad in a doeskin, alone and unafraid, she stood straight and proud before the onrushing forces of America's destiny: Sacajawea, child of a Shoshoni chief, lone woman on Lewis and Clark's historic trek -- beautiful spear of a dying nation. She knew many men, walked many miles. From the whispering prairies, across the Great Divide to the crystal capped Rockies and on to the emerald promise of the Pacific Northwest, her story over flows with emotion and action ripped from the bursting fabric of a raw new land. Ten years in the writing, SACAJAWEA unfolds an immense canvas of people and events, and captures the eternal longings of a woman who always yearned for one great passion -- and always it lay beyond the next mountain.

Author : Sheila Llanas
Publisher : Enslow Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 0766098184
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sacagawea, Meriwether Lewis, and William Clark written by Sheila Llanas and published by Enslow Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2018-12-15 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lewis and Clark first explored the North American West more than two hundred years ago. A number of Native Americans helped the duo and their crew survive their travels from 1804 to 1806. In fact, one of them, Sacagawea, is now a legend. The Shoshone teen was married to a French Trader and became mother to a baby son. Because she spoke two Native languages, Sacagawea joined the Lewis and Clark expedition as a translator. Together, they traveled eight thousand miles to the Pacific Ocean and back, no easy feat during the early nineteenth century. Ever since, their story has been told and retold. Readers will learn how fate brought them together in life and in death.

Author : Larry McMurtry
Publisher : New York Review of Books
ISBN 13 : 9781590170991
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sacagawea's Nickname written by Larry McMurtry and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2001 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In these 11 essays, all originally published in "The New York Review of Books," McMurtry brings his unique narrative gift and dry humor to a variety of western topics.

Author : James Buckley
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1645176622
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sacagawea: Courageous Trailblazer! written by James Buckley and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-02-16 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Head out onto the trail with the brave, resourceful, and courageous Sacagawea! What did 33 men in the 1800s need to find their way through the wilderness on a trip across America? They needed a woman—and they found one in Sacagawea, the Native American teenage mother who helped the Lewis and Clark expedition survive. She and her baby braved floods, hunger, storms, and snakes to help the expedition that opened the West. Sacagawea: Courageous Trailblazer! tells the life story of this amazing pioneer who endured hardship in her youth but nevertheless became a fearless leader and a role model for generations to come. Readers of all ages will be entertained and educated by the full-color illustrations and historically accurate narrative of this graphical biography.

Author : Kitson Jazynka
Publisher : National Geographic Society
ISBN 13 : 1426319657
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book National Geographic Readers: Sacagawea written by Kitson Jazynka and published by National Geographic Society. This book was released on 2015-01-06 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore one of the most recognized figures in American history with this biography of Sacagawea. Kids will learn about her crucial role in the Lewis and Clark expedition and her influential legacy. The level 3 text provides accessible, yet wide-ranging, information for independent readers.

Author : Marion Marsh Brown
Publisher : Children's Press(CT)
ISBN 13 : 9780516032627
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sacagawea written by Marion Marsh Brown and published by Children's Press(CT). This book was released on 1988 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relates the story of the young Shoshoni Indian woman who acted as a guide and interpreter for the Lewis and Clark expedition.