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Buffalo dance : the journey of York Cover Image Book Book

Buffalo dance : the journey of York

Walker, Frank X. 1961- (author.).

Summary: When Frank X Walker's compelling collection of personal poems was first released in 2004, it told the story of the infamous Lewis and Clark expedition from the point of view of York, who was enslaved to Clark and became the first African American man to traverse the continent. The fictionalized poems in Buffalo Dance form a narrative of York's inner journey before, during, and after the expedition--a journey from slavery to freedom, from the plantation to the great Northwest, from servant to soul yearning to be free. In this expanded edition, Walker utilizes extensive historical research, interviews, transcribed oral histories from the Nez Perce Reservation, art, and empathy to breathe new life into an important but overlooked historical figure. Featuring a new historical essay, preface, and sixteen additional poems, this powerful work speaks to such themes as racism, the power of literacy, the inhumanity of slavery, and the crimes against Native Americans, while reawakening and reclaiming the lost "voice" of York.

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  • ISBN: 0813196469
  • ISBN: 9780813196466
  • ISBN: 0813196477
  • ISBN: 9780813196473
  • ISBN: 0813196450
  • ISBN: 9780813196459
  • ISBN: 0813196442
  • ISBN: 9780813196442
  • Physical Description: xiii, 86 pages : map ; 22 cm
    print
  • Edition: Expanded edition.
  • Publisher: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, [2022]

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Formatted Contents Note: Wind Talker -- Falls of the Ohio -- To Protect and Serve -- Work Ethic -- God's House -- Primer -- At Ease -- Sundays and Christmas -- Lie of Omission -- Calendar -- Her Current -- Medicine Men -- Spirit Mound -- Wasicum Sapa -- Winter Leaf -- Buffalo Dance -- A House is Not a Home -- No Offense -- Leading Men -- Domestique -- Work Song -- A Rock, a Fort, a Island -- Not the Only One -- Perfume -- Black Magic -- Sandstone Thighs -- Mouths and Waters -- Home, Home on the Range -- The Portage -- Sun Son -- Double Yolks -- Ornithologists -- Nigrathologists -- Swap Meet -- Promises -- Nomenclature -- Respect House -- Prosperity -- ... Another Man's Treasure -- Vision Quest -- Vision Quest II -- Ananse -- Mythology -- Traveling Men -- Earth Tones -- Sweat Lodge -- Doubt -- Cold Hearted -- Super(in)huMane -- Cure for Homesickness -- Sad Eye -- Aurora Borealis -- Electorate -- Winter with Jonah -- Majesty -- Pomp's Tower -- The Little Sneeze -- York Haichu -- Private Lessons -- Pastry Chefs -- Solid Black -- Pure White -- Unravel -- Revisionist History -- Monticello -- Souvenir -- Just Rewards -- A Love Supreme -- Night Breaks, Freedom Too -- Holy Water -- Ursa Major -- Cumulonimbus -- Birth Day.

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Subject: Enslaved persons Poetry
Explorers Poetry
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West (U.S.) Discovery and exploration Poetry
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York approximately 1775-approximately 1815 Poetry

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Covington Branch K 811.6 W179b 2022 (Text) 33126025071329 KY Nonfiction Available -
Erlanger Branch K 811.6 W179b 2022 (Text) 33126025071311 KY Nonfiction Display -
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