The Annotated Early Life Among the Indians by Benj Armstrong: Reminiscences from the Life of Benj. G. Armstrong 1892 - Couverture souple

Brakken, James A.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0997624906 ISBN 13 : 9780997624908

Editeur : Badger Valley Publishing, 2016

Synopsis

This is the annotated 1892 memoir of Benjamin Green Armstrong, a trader, woodsman, and a man whose drive to protect his friends, the Ojibwe people, knew no bounds. His efforts to assist them included persuading the government to honor treaties granting them the right to gather fish, game, rice, and other bounty from the lands they ceded to the government in the mid-19th century. Perhaps his greatest accomplishment occurred in 1852, when he led a small contingent of Ojibwe leaders to Washington, hoping to convince President Millard Fillmore to honor past treaties. The effort was successful and avoided a war between the Lake Superior Ojibwe and the United States.But Benjamin Armstrong’s memoir is more than an account of his defense of the Ojibwe. His story encompasses more than six decades of life as a woodsman and trader working in northwestern Wisconsin, Upper Michigan, and northern Minnesota during a time when the pelts of beaver, mink, otter, and other furbearers represented the greatest economic export of a developing nation. It was also a time when the fur trade declined and industrialists’ interests shifted to timber, minerals, and the abundant lands controlled by Native Americans. This, in Benjamin Armstrong’s narrative, gives us a first-hand account of the Ojibwe people’s plight. It also offers a detailed depiction of 19th century life in the western Great Lakes states when hardworking European settlers and American businessmen descended on the north, cultures clashing and life changing forever. You'll find more about Ben Armstrong and Chief Buffalo at BadgerValley(dot)com. Award-winning author/historian James Brakken collaborated with Professor John A. (Little Bird) Anderson to bring readers this fascinating view of 19th century life among the Ojibwe people and the trappers, traders, and settlers who changed the western Great Lakes region forever. 262 pages. Illustrated. Contains basic histories of Indian wars that influenced Ojibwe life and culture.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

About the Author The writing career of Bayfield County author, James Brakken, began in college when his “Muskie Madness,” the story of a fishing trip with his father, was published in a 1974 Boy’s Life Magazine. More articles followed in Sports Afield, Outdoor Life, and Field & Stream. His first novel, The Treasure of Namakagon, features a boy in an 1883 northern Wisconsin lumber camp and a legendary lost silver mine. The suspicious 1886 death of Chief Namakagon and the 1846 disappearance of a murder fugitive led to two more in the trilogy, Tor Loken & the Death of Chief Namakagon and The Secret Life of Chief Namakagon. Treasure won 2nd place out of 10,000 worldwide entries in the 2013 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Awards. Brakken also received the 2013, 2014, and 2016 Lake Superior Writers Award and the coveted Wisconsin Writers Association Jade Ring Award for a short story in his collection, The Moose and Wilbur P. Dilby plus 36 Fairly True Tales from Up North. The author earned statewide recognition for conservation as reflected in his self-help book, Saving Our Lakes & Streams: 101 Practical Things You Can Do Today. To fulfill his desire to accurately portray Native American history in his books, Brakken went to a friend, Dr. John Anderson, a retired professor of Native American Studies and a former tribal chairman of the Lac Courte Oreilles band of Great Lakes Ojibwe. Known by many as Little Bird, Professor Anderson shared his thoughts with the author, both men committed to offering readers a fresh look at the 1892 memoir of Benjamin Armstrong. This annotated edition of Early Life Among the Indians is their effort to bring Armstrong’s story to light. Of James Brakken’s writing, Publisher's Weekly Magazine and Amazon Books said, “Difficult to put down. … A great read,” and “the flow of words is like an old fashioned song.” Brakken publishes his own books, as well as those of other authors. They are available at BadgerValley dot com where shipping is free.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Badger Valley Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0997624906
• ISBN 13: 9780997624908
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 262
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Manufactured by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg