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Oo-Ma-Ha-Ta-Wa-Tah and Other Stories (1898) is a work of history
and folklore by Fannie Reed Griffen and Susette La Flesche. Written
at the end of a century of devastation, marked by the Western
advance of American political, industrial, and military forces,
Oo-Ma-Ha-Ta-Wa-Tah and Other Stories preserves as much as it can
between the bindings of a book the traditions and stories of the
Omaha people. "In remembrance of the Omahas, the tribe of Indians
after which Omaha city is named, and who, less than fifty years
ago, held an uncontested title to the land where Omaha city and the
great Trans-Mississippi Exposition is located, this book is
dedicated, that the memory of the tribe, its chieftains, its
warriors and its maidens might be preserved." Combining biography,
historical documents, and folk tales, Oo-Ma-Ha-Ta-Wa-Tah and Other
Stories serves as an invaluable record of a proud people. Beginning
with the disastrous broken treaty of 1854, Griffen and La Flesche
tell the tragic story of the Omahas through the lives of the chiefs
who signed it. Concluding with a sampling of entertaining stories
inherited from an oral tradition, Oo-Ma-Ha-Ta-Wa-Tah and Other
Stories remains a masterpiece of fiction and nonfiction from two
groundbreaking and vastly underappreciated figures in American
history. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally
typeset manuscript, this edition of Susette La Flesche and Fannie
Reed Griffen's Oo-Ma-Ha-Ta-Wa-Tah and Other Stories is a classic
work of Native American literature reimagined for modern readers.
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Rome (Paperback)
Emile Zola, Fannie Reed Griffin; Contributions by Mint Editions
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Discovery Miles 5 780
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Rome (1896) is a novel by French author Emile Zola. Rome is the
second installment in Zola's celebrated Three Cities Trilogy.
Published toward the end of Zola's career, the trilogy is an
ambitious, sweeping study of one man's struggle with faith in
political, religious, and social life. Following his protagonist
Abbe Pierre Froment, Zola provides a striking portrait of the soul
of modern man in crisis with itself and with an ever-changing
world. In Rome, Abbe Froment-inspired by his pilgrimage to the holy
city of Lourdes-writes a book on socialistic Catholicism aimed at
reforming the Church in order to benefit its most vulnerable
subjects. Facing censure from Vatican officials, he travels to the
heart of the Catholic world, where he hopes to gain an audience
with the Pope in order to vindicate himself. Filled with hope, and
perhaps more than a little naive, Froment believes he can inspire
radical institutional changes for the Church. When he gets to Rome,
however, he finds himself waiting endlessly for his chance to
arrive. As days turn into weeks, and weeks turn to months, Pierre
grows tired of the city's ancient beauty, which never fails to
remind him of his fate as a member of an institution brought low by
its commitment to tradition. Soon, he is faced with a choice-to
continue to hope for change, or to change his own, small life. With
a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript,
this edition of Emile Zola's Rome is a classic work of French
literature reimagined for modern readers.
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Rome (Hardcover)
ĂżMile Zola, Fannie Reed Griffin; Contributions by Mint Editions
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R755
Discovery Miles 7 550
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Rome (1896) is a novel by French author Émile Zola. Rome is the
second installment in Zola’s celebrated Three Cities Trilogy.
Published toward the end of Zola’s career, the trilogy is an
ambitious, sweeping study of one man’s struggle with faith in
political, religious, and social life. Following his protagonist
Abbé Pierre Froment, Zola provides a striking portrait of the soul
of modern man in crisis with itself and with an ever-changing
world. In Rome, Abbé Froment—inspired by his pilgrimage to the
holy city of Lourdes—writes a book on socialistic Catholicism
aimed at reforming the Church in order to benefit its most
vulnerable subjects. Facing censure from Vatican officials, he
travels to the heart of the Catholic world, where he hopes to gain
an audience with the Pope in order to vindicate himself. Filled
with hope, and perhaps more than a little naĂŻve, Froment believes
he can inspire radical institutional changes for the Church. When
he gets to Rome, however, he finds himself waiting endlessly for
his chance to arrive. As days turn into weeks, and weeks turn to
months, Pierre grows tired of the city’s ancient beauty, which
never fails to remind him of his fate as a member of an institution
brought low by its commitment to tradition. Soon, he is faced with
a choice—to continue to hope for change, or to change his own,
small life. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally
typeset manuscript, this edition of Émile Zola’s Rome is a
classic work of French literature reimagined for modern readers.
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