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A Little History of My Forest Life: An Indian-White Autobiography
Written in 1894 and recently recovered from the archives of the University of Minnesota, this incredible autobiography tells the story of a Chippewa–Scots French woman from Madeline Island in Lake Superior. The child and grandchild of fur traders, Eliza Morrison tells of a difficult and beautiful life carved out of the wilderness—the “starving time” with her husband John o
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200 pages
Published
April 1st 2002
by Ladyslipper Press, Inc.
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My mom and dad gave me this book for my birthday and I thought another boring memoir. (My mom really likes those :) But instead it was an amazing account of a Indian-white woman who lived in the 1800s around Chequamegon Bay, near Bayfield, Wisconsin. She actually was born and lived many years in LaPointe, also known as Madeline Island Wisconsin. Eliza Morrison tells her tale in the form of letters to someone who is asking her what it was like to live among the Indians. One of the interesting thi
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I love history, learning about people's lives, and I am very proud of my Native American roots. This book was a fun little read for me.
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