Ramona
Published on 12. April 2005
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Paperback/Softback
416 pages
978-0-8129-7351-8 (ISBN)
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“If I could write a story that would do for the Indian a thousandth part of what Uncle Tom’s Cabin did for the Negro,” wrote Helen Hunt Jackson, “I would be thankful the rest of my life.” Jackson surpassed this ambition with the publication of Ramona, her popular 1884 romantic bestseller.
A beautiful half Native American, half-Scottish orphan raised by a harsh Mexican ranchera, Ramona enters into a forbidden love affair with a heroic Mission Indian named Alessandro. The pair’s adventures after they elope paint a vivid portrait of California history and the woeful fate of Native Americans and Mexicans whose lands and rights were stripped as Anglo-Americans overran southern California.
Set from the first American edition of 1884, this Modern Library Paperback Classic includes José Martí’s 1888 prologue (translated from the Spanish by Esther Allen).
A beautiful half Native American, half-Scottish orphan raised by a harsh Mexican ranchera, Ramona enters into a forbidden love affair with a heroic Mission Indian named Alessandro. The pair’s adventures after they elope paint a vivid portrait of California history and the woeful fate of Native Americans and Mexicans whose lands and rights were stripped as Anglo-Americans overran southern California.
Set from the first American edition of 1884, this Modern Library Paperback Classic includes José Martí’s 1888 prologue (translated from the Spanish by Esther Allen).
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
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Random House USA Inc
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Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 132 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
464 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8129-7351-8 (9780812973518)
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Helen Hunt Jackson was an American poet, writer, and activist born in Amherst, Massachusetts, on October 15, 1830. She became a prominent advocate for Native American rights, using her platform to call attention to the mistreatment of Indigenous peoples by the United States government. Jackson is best known for her history A Century of Dishonor, which detailed the adverse effects of government policies on Native Americans. Her activism extended beyond writing, and she worked tirelessly to promote the welfare of Native communities. Jackson's personal life included two marriages-first to Captain Edward Bissell Hunt, with whom she had two children, Rennie and Murray, and later to William Sharpless Jackson. She was educated at the Ipswich Female Seminary and had a sister, Anne Fiske. Helen Hunt Jackson passed away on August 12, 1885, in San Francisco, California, at the age of 54, leaving behind a legacy of advocacy for the rights of Native Americans and contributions to American literature.