About the Author:
Noreen Groover Lape is an assistant professor in the Department of Language and Literature at Columbus State University in Columbus, Georgia. She is the author of West of the Border: The Multicultural Literature of the Western Frontiers, which was named an Outstanding Academic Book by Choice.
From Library Journal:
Lape (language and literature, Columbus State Univ.) here examines many little-known Western American writers, highlighting their diverse backgrounds as well as their views regarding the complexities of the American frontier. She discusses a variety of works of interest to scholars in American and cultural studies, focusing on issues of culture, ethnicity, and stereotypes within Western frontier writing. Lape is especially interested in writers with multicultural frontier experiences, such as Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins, a sympathetic mediator between the Americans and the Paiutes; James P. Beckwourth, a fur trader and Indian chief; Mourning Dove, an amateur folklorist; Sui Sin Far, an activist for Chinese rights; Onoto Watanna, a popular romance writer; and Mary Austin, a conservationist and anthropologist. This is a work of narrow scholarship, but it does presents a surprising cast of characters. Recommended for academic libraries and libraries with strong American studies collections.DCynde Bloom Lahey, New Canaan Lib., CT
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