
The Reason for Crows
A Story of Kateri Tekakwitha
Diane Glancy(Author)
Excelsior Editions (Publisher)
Published on 6. February 2009
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Paperback/Softback
103 pages
978-1-4384-2672-3 (ISBN)
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The story of a 17th century Mohawk woman's interaction with her land, the Jesuits, and the religion they brought.
In The Reason for Crows, award-winning author Diance Glancy retells the story of Kateri Tekakwitha, a seventeenth-century Mohawk woman who converted to Christianity and later became known as the "Lily of the Mohawks." Left frail, badly scarred, and nearly blind from a smallpox epidemic that killed her parents, Kateri nevertheless took part in the daily activities of her village-gathering firewood, preparing meals, weaving, and treating the wounded after skirmishes with the French and enemy tribes. When the Jesuits arrived in her village, she received their message and converted to Christianity. After her conversion, she was scorned and persecuted by her fellow Indians and eventually left her home along the Mohawk River for a village the Jesuits had established for Christian Indians, where she died at the age of 24. In Glancy's imaginative and poetic retelling, Kateri's interior voice is intertwined with the interior voices of the Jesuit missionaries-the crows-who endured their own hardships crossing the ocean and establishing missions in an unfamiliar land. Together they tell a story of spiritual awakening and the internal conflicts that arise when cultures meet.
In The Reason for Crows, award-winning author Diance Glancy retells the story of Kateri Tekakwitha, a seventeenth-century Mohawk woman who converted to Christianity and later became known as the "Lily of the Mohawks." Left frail, badly scarred, and nearly blind from a smallpox epidemic that killed her parents, Kateri nevertheless took part in the daily activities of her village-gathering firewood, preparing meals, weaving, and treating the wounded after skirmishes with the French and enemy tribes. When the Jesuits arrived in her village, she received their message and converted to Christianity. After her conversion, she was scorned and persecuted by her fellow Indians and eventually left her home along the Mohawk River for a village the Jesuits had established for Christian Indians, where she died at the age of 24. In Glancy's imaginative and poetic retelling, Kateri's interior voice is intertwined with the interior voices of the Jesuit missionaries-the crows-who endured their own hardships crossing the ocean and establishing missions in an unfamiliar land. Together they tell a story of spiritual awakening and the internal conflicts that arise when cultures meet.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Albany, NY
United States
Publishing group
State University of New York Press
Target group
US School Grade: College Graduate Student and over
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Paperback (trade)
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Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight
143 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4384-2672-3 (9781438426723)
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Diane Glancy is Professor Emerita at Macalester College. Her latest books are Island of the Innocent: A Consideration of the Book of Job; A Line of Driftwood: The Ada Blackjack Story; Home Is the Road: Wandering the Land, Shaping the Spirit; Psalm to Whom(e); Quadrille: Christianity and the Early New England Indians; Piece; and Lazarus: The Intended Writings. In 2024, Glancy received a Lifetime Achievement Award from Christianity and Literature. For more information, see www.dianeglancy.com.
Content
Acknowledgments
Chronology
The Reason for Crows: Kateri Tekawitha
Afterword
Bibliography
Chronology
The Reason for Crows: Kateri Tekawitha
Afterword
Bibliography