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Fanny Kelly's memoir, first published in 1872, is an intelligent and thoughtful narrative. Kelly spent five months as a prisoner of Ogalalla Sioux in 1864 when she was nineteen years old. A woman of her time, there was no reason she should feel sympathy toward her captors, but the introduction points out examples of expressed favor toward the Sioux, however unconscious. This narrative is a valuable part of literature not only for its historical importance but its depiction of the conflicting images of Native Americans in the nineteenth century: savage aggressors or victims of prejudice and oppression.

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• Full title: My Captivity
• Subtitle: A Pioneer Woman's Story of Her Life Among the Sioux
• Author: Fanny Kelly
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288
• EAN: 9781626364226
• ISBN: 1626364222
• ID: 04840677
• Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
• Weight: 374 g
• Dimensions: 229 × 152 × 23 mm
• Date of publishing: 02. January 2014

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