Mentoc: An Indian Story - Couverture souple

Dandridge, J

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1478751649 ISBN 13 : 9781478751649

Editeur : Outskirts Press, 2015

Synopsis

Mentoc is an Indian Adventure novel that is based on actual places and events. I lived on this farm from the age of 4 until the age of 18 and spent many hours in these woods just as I describe. The piles of stone chips do exist just as described. The Indian burial graves are still there. And the deer are still hunted in the same areas. The time spent in these woods and on that bluff prompted me to write this novel. Since I am part Indian I feel very close to Mentoc even though I am part Cherokee and not Osage. Hunting and providing for the family is a brave's responsibility and he must accomplish it with dignity and provide the animals he takes with the dignity they deserve. I have hunted for squirrels, rabbits and deer in these woods. We never slaughtered animals just to slaughter them for sport. We had wolves in those same caves I describe and I have spent many hours on top of the bluff just watching them. Dreaming about their life and watching their mother wolf bring them a rabbit to eat. I rode my young horse that my father had given me to school which was about 1 mile away through the same woods that the raiders had taken in the novel. The bottom lands that Mentoc describes are the same and floods as I described. I have spent many hours perched on a tree over the river fishing just as Mentoc did and caught the big catfish just like he did. The only difference was I had to skin it and cut it up and have my mother cook it along with hush puppies. I have written many stories based on my early life and have given them to my grandchildren to read. Young and old alike will finds this story very interesting when they realize it is based on actual places and facts. I still can see in my mind many of the places this is based upon. I can still smell the algae smell coming off the lazy river in the summer time. My father and I plowed these fields and took turns fishing for our supper. I have found many arrows in that river bottoms along with a couple ax heads. I

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

I am 78 years old and reside in Indiana, I am retired and spend many hours researching and writing stories about my younger life in Missouri for my grandchildren. Since my great grandmother was full blooded Cherokee Indian I have always felt the Indian in me throughout my life. This story concerns a tribe of Osage Indians that were located where I grew up on this farm in Missouri and the places are real. It has the same look today and the deer feed in the same places. I lived on this farm from when I was 4 years old till I was 18. My parents sold this farm many years ago but the look and feel is still in my mind clearly. I have hunted the same way and traveled the same paths as Mentoc. I got my first deer on this farm. I got my first rabbit and squirrel here also. I trapped for wild animals for their hides, and I have hunted with a bow and arrow but was not a very good shot.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Outskirts Press
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1478751649
• ISBN 13: 9781478751649
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 66
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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