The Middle Five
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- Under 100
- First published
- 1900
- Pages
- 113
About this book
Francis La Flesche drew on his own boyhood for this 1900 memoir of life at a Presbyterian mission school among the Omaha people. He and a small band of friends, the group of the title, learn to navigate the strange rules of a white-run classroom while holding onto the games, loyalties, and tribal traditions of home. La Flesche writes without bitterness or easy sentiment, recording the humor and grief of childhood: the pranks, the friendships, the harsh discipline, and the loss of a beloved companion. As the first Native American to work as a professional ethnologist, he offers an insider's view of a world usually described from outside. A free PDF and EPUB edition is available.
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Book facts
- Author
- Francis La Flesche
- First published
- 1900
- Reading time
- About 3 hours
- Pages
- 113
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Memoir
- Formats
- PDF, EPUB, Read online