One Real American: The Life of Ely S. Parker, Seneca Sachem and Civil War General

One Real American: The Life of Ely S. Parker, Seneca Sachem and Civil War General

by Joseph Bruchac
One Real American: The Life of Ely S. Parker, Seneca Sachem and Civil War General

One Real American: The Life of Ely S. Parker, Seneca Sachem and Civil War General

by Joseph Bruchac

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Overview

Children’s book icon Joseph Bruchac tells the fascinating story of a Seneca (Iroquois) Civil War officer in One Real American: The Life of Ely S. Parker, Seneca Sachem and Civil War General.
 
Ely S. Parker (1828–1895) is one of the most unique but little-known figures in US history. A member of the Seneca (Iroquois) Nation, Parker was an attorney, engineer, and tribal diplomat. Raised on a reservation but schooled at a Catholic institution, he learned English at a young age and became an interpreter for his people. During the American Civil War, he was commissioned as a lieutenant colonel and was the primary draftsman of the terms of the Confederate surrender at Appomattox. He eventually became President Grant’s Commissioner of Indian Affairs, the first Native American to hold that post.
 
Award-winning children’s book author and Native American scholar Joseph Bruchac provides an expertly researched, intimate look at a man who achieved great success in two worlds yet was caught between them. Includes archival photos, maps, endnotes, bibliography, and timeline.
 
“Acclaimed Abenaki author Joseph Bruchac relies on Ely Parker’s own writings, a biography by Parker’s grand-nephew, and the historical knowledge of Native elders to create this complex account of power and people that should be essential reading in middle- and high-school classrooms.” —Booklist (Starred Review)
 
Includes black-and-white images

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781647001636
Publisher: Abrams
Publication date: 10/27/2020
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 240
File size: 12 MB
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Age Range: 10 - 14 Years

About the Author

Joseph Bruchac (Abenaki) is an acclaimed children’s book author, poet, novelist, and storyteller, as well as a scholar of Native American culture. His many awards and honors include the American Book Award, the American Indian Youth Literature Award, the Carter G. Woodson Book Award, the Virginia Hamilton Literary Award, the Hope S. Dean Award from the Foundation for Children’s Literature for Notable Achievement in Children’s Books, and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Native Writers’ Circle of the Americas. His books include One Real American: The Life of Ely S. Parker. He lives in Greenfield Center, New York.

Table of Contents

1 A Meeting at Appomattox 1

2 Who Are the Iroquois? 9

3 Of Noble Birth 27

4 The Rainbow Dream 33

5 The White Man's Schools 39

6 A Meeting in Albany 54

7 A Higher Education 62

8 An Indian in Washington 66

9 A Lawyer an Engineer 79

10 The League of the Ho-de-no-sau-nee 88

11 A Victory at Last 104

12 A Gentleman, Tho' an Indian 114

13 Two Military Men 120

14 An Offer to Serve 126

15 As Much Under Fire 135

16 We Are All Americans 146

17 Indian Affairs 162

18 The Indian Commissioner 172

19 I Am a Man 191

Timeline 218

Notes 223

Bibliography 236

Image Credits 237

Acknowledgments 238

Index 239

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