Other editions of book Malaeska; the Indian wife of the white hunter

Ann Sophia Stephens (1813-1886), who also wrote under the pseudonym Jonathan Slick, was an American novelist. Born in Derby, Connecticut, she was an author of dime novels and is credited as the progenitor of that genre. Her work was also serialized in Godey's Lady's Book, The Ladies' Companion, and Graham's Magazine. The term "dime novel" originated with Stephens's Malaeska: The Indian Wife of the White Hunter, printed in the first book in Beadle & Adams Beadle's Dime Novels series, dated June 9, 1860. The novel was a reprint of Stephens's earlier serial that appeared in The Ladies' Companion magazine in February, March, and April of 1839. Later, the Grolier Club listed Malaeska as the most influential book of 1860. Her other works include: High Life in New York (1843), Alice Copley: A Tale of Queen Mary's Time (1844), The Diamond Necklace and Other Tales (1846), Fashion and Famine (1854), The Old Homestead (1855), The Rejected Wife (1863) and A Noble Woman (1871).

This carefully crafted ebook is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.Malaeska – Story of what happened when a Native Indian woman tried to break conventions and married a white man...Excerpt:"At the time of our story, the beautiful expanse of country which stretches from the foot of the Catskill mountains to the Hudson was one dense wilderness. The noble stream glided on in the solemn stillness of nature, shadowed with trees that had battled with storms for centuries, its surface as yet unbroken, save by the light prow of the Indian's canoe. The lofty rampart of mountains frowned against the sky as they do now, but rendered more gloomy by the thick growth of timber which clothed them at the base..."Ann S. Stephens was an American novelist and magazine editor. She was the author of dime novels and is credited as the progenitor of that genre.

Set in the early 1800s, deep in the Catskills Mountains of New York, Malaeska, the daughter of Chief Black Eagle, finds herself the victim of unspeakable tragedy. Unable to stay with her tribe, she ventures on a quest down the Hudson River to Manhattan to find a new home for herself and her young son. Upon reaching the city, however, racism, intolerance, and prejudice threaten to destroy her family. A tale of survival and the fortitude of the human spirit, the story follows the young heroine as she tries to adapt to a life outside her tribe against extreme adversity. Originally published in 1860, Malaeska is the first American dime novel ever published, coining the phrase “dime novel.”

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