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William Apess
, 1798-1839
William Apess, of Pequot Indian descent, was an author, Methodist minister, and political activist whose autobiographical work, A Son of the Forest was one the earliest published writings by a Native American. Born in Massachusetts in 1798, he was ordained in 1829, and took part in the Mashpee Revolt of 1833.
Online resources by or about William Apess:
The Claiming of Christ: Native American Postcolonial Discourses
Author: Irene S. Vernon
Type: authorbio
Description: This critical essay from the Summer, 1999 issue of MELUS looks at the relationship between Native American writers (including Apess, Goodbird and Eastman) and Christianity.
URL: http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m2278/2_24/59211508/print.jhtml
William Apess
Author: Norton Websource to American Literature
Type: authorbio
Description: This author resource page for Apess is part of the "Norton Websource to American Literature".
URL: http://www.wwnorton.com/naal/explore/apess.htm
Books by William Apess:
Apess, William. Eulogy on King Philip : as pronounced at the Odeon, in Federal Street, Boston
Boston, MA : Self-published, 1836.
Genre: Nonfiction
Description: 60 p. ; 18 cm.
Philip, Sachem of the Wampanoags, d. 1676
Audience: Adult
Apess, William. The experience of five Christian Indians of the Pequod tribe
Boston : J. B. Dow, 1833.
Genre: Nonfiction
Description: 60 p. ; 20 cm.
Audience: Adult
Apess, William. The increase of the kingdom of Christ
New York : Self-published, 1831.
Genre: Essays
Description: 24 p. ; 17 cm. "The Indians : the ten lost tribes." A sermon by William Apess.
Audience: Adult
Apess, William. Indian nullification of the unconstitutional laws of Massachusetts, relative to the Marshpee tribe : or, The pretended riot explained
Stanfordville, N.Y. : E.M. Coleman, 1979.
Genre: Nonfiction
Description: 168 p. : 19 cm. Subtitle: Or, the pretended riot explained. Series : American Indians at law series
Notes : Reprint of the 1835 ed. published by Press of J. Howe, Boston. Mashpee Indians--Legal status, laws, etc. Mashpee Indians--Land tenure.
Audience: Adult
ISBN: 0930576330 / 0930576349
Apess, William. On our own ground : the complete writings of William Apess, a Pequot
Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, 1992.
Genre: Nonfiction
Description: 344 p. : port. ; 25 cm. Edited with an introduction by Barry O'Connell. Series: Native Americans of the Northeast. Notes : Includes bibliographical references and index.
Apes(s), William, b. 1798. Pequot Indians. Indians, Treatment of--New England.
Audience: Adult
Apess, William. A son of the forest and other writings
Amherst, MA : University of Massachusetts Press, 1997.
Genre: Autobiography
Description: Edited and with an introduction by Barry O'Connell. Originally published in 1829.
Audience: Adult
ISBN: 1558491074
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