The Life of William Apess, Pequot
By Philip F. Gura
216 pp., 6.125 x 9.25, 1 halftone, notes, bibl., index
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Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4696-4228-4
Published: February 2018 -
E-book EPUB ISBN: 978-1-4696-1999-6
Published: March 2015 -
E-book PDF ISBN: 979-8-8908-4284-8
Published: March 2015
H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman Series
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About the Author
Philip F. Gura is William S. Newman Distinguished Professor of American Literature and Culture at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His many books include Truth's Ragged Edge: The Early American Novel and American Transcendentalism: A History, which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award.
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Reviews
“An important and timely biography. . . . Contributes significantly to the rediscovery of Apess.”--American Indian Culture and Research Journal
“Sheds light on the complicated and conflicted nature of nineteenth-century American society, particularly in relation to issues of race and citizenship.”--NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association
“Gura makes a compelling case for ranking Apess among well-known nineteenth-century figures who shared his commitment to what we might now call social justice. . . . Make[s] the most of limited historical evidence to bring a truly exceptional figure to life.”--Journal of the Early Republic
"Gura's work on Apess is truly groundbreaking, and I can't imagine a biography, Lopenzima's or any other, superseding it in Apess scholarship."—American Indian Quarterly
“Engaging and well researched. . . . Sophisticated and accessible, especially as a work of Indian-white history.”--Reviews in American History
“An engaging, insightful, and thoroughly detailed biography.”--Publishers Weekly, starred review
Multimedia & Links
Listen: Gura talks to Frank Stasio on WUNC's The State of Things (4/8/2015, running time 19:07).