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Wynema

A Child of the Forest

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Wynema

Written by: S. Alice Callahan
Narrated by: Brandon VanDeMortel
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Originally published in 1891, Wynema is the first novel known to have been written by a woman of American Indian descent. Set against the sweeping and often tragic cultural changes that affected southeastern native peoples during the late 19th century, it tells the story of a lifelong friendship between two women from vastly different backgrounds - Wynema Harjo, a Muscogee Indian, and Genevieve Weir, a Methodist teacher from a genteel Southern family. Both are firm believers in women’s rights and Indian reform; both struggle to overcome prejudice and correct injustices between sexes and races. Callahan uses the conventional traditions of a sentimental domestic romance to deliver an elegant plea for tolerance, equality, and reform.

Public Domain (P)2020 Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska Americas Classics Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Social Sciences United States Fiction Native American
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The narrator of this audiobook sounds disinterested in what he is reading. He rarely emotes and sometimes he has uneven pacing when switching from dialogue to narration. I recommend choosing a different audiobook because this one ain’t it.

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