The Falcon: A Narrative of the Captivity And Adventures of John Tanne R - Softcover
This is the autobiography of John Tanner (the Falcon), who is captured by the Shawnee tribe in 1789 at the age of nine, then sold to an Ojibwa family with whom he spends the first half of his adult life. His effort to return to white society is unsuccessful, and he decides his home is with the Ojibwa. But that changes when he is accused of murder and forced to flee.
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John Tanner was born on the Kentucky River around 1780. He spent most of his life with the Ojibwa tribe, and disappeared in 1846.
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Bestselling author Louise Erdrich grew up in North Dakota and is of German and Turtle Mountain Chippewa descent. Her novels include Love Medicine and The Beet Queen.
John Tanner's fascinating autobiography tells the story of a man torn between white society and the Native Americans with whom he identified.
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- PublisherPenguin
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 0140288716
- ISBN 13 9780140288711
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages304
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