Song of the Split Elm
Paperback
Retail Price: $15.95
Paperback
Retail Price: $15.95
Penobscot reservation on Indian Island in 1853… “Madeline was born singing. She sang melodies like chants, like forecasts, like conversations with flowers and birds.” While her mother Hannah was comforted by Madeline’s sonorous melodies, her father, Jeremiah, a Calvinist preacher lived in fear of his daughter’s unique voice and spirit. As hard as he tried, he could not contain her. “In addition to being a captivating transgenerational saga, ‘Song of the Split Elm,’ also grapples with issues such as women’s rights, artistic freedom, and the reverent, symbiotic way that indigenous peoples relate to the earth, as opposed to the destructive, proprietary way of the dominant culture. The characters are fully alive on the page, their stories engaging and the writing at times intensely lyrical.” —Mikhail Horowitz, Performance poet, social commentator, author
Paperback
Format: 6 x 9 Black & White Paperback, 150 pages
Publisher: Outskirts Press (Nov 03, 2018)
ISBN10: 197720306X
ISBN13: 9781977203069
Genre: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs