"This curious and wonderful tall tale contributes to the apocalyptic revision of American history that began with Little Big Man and Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee.
Author(s): R A Lafferty
242 Pages
Fiction, General
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Book Synopsis
"This curious and wonderful tall tale contributes to the apocalyptic revision of American history that began with Little Big Man and Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. It's the tale of Hannali Innominee, a 'Mingo' or natural lord of the 19th-century Choctaw Indian [and] a capacious, indomitable giant of the ilk of Paul Bunyan....Lafferty tells it straight: how the Choctaw nation, once removed, reconstituted itself and thrived in Indian territory...., how there came a schism between the rich, part-white, slave-owning, moneylending Choctaws and the 'feudal, compassionate, chauvinistic' full-blooded freeholders like Hannali; and how, during the Civil War, the Indians were manipulated divide-and-conquer fashion in helping destroy each other."-Kirkus Reviews.
Review Quotes
"[Okla Hannali] is elemental Americana and a great deal of fun."--Wall Street Journal
"It's an American classic."--Voice Literary Supplement
"The history of the Choctaw Indians has been told before and is still being told, but it has never been told in the way Lafferty tells it....Hannali is a buffalo bull of a man who should become one of the enduring characters in the literature of the American Indian."--Dee Brown
"The use of the epic form is unusual and effective, and Lafferty's humor is both subtle and boisterous: he writes with warmth and sympathy for the Indian. This is a valuable addition to the growing literature on the subject.--Library Journal
"This curious and wonderful tall tale contributes to the apocalyptic revision of American history that began with Little Big Man and Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. It's the tale of Hannali Innominee, a 'Mingo' or natural lord of the 19th-century Choctaw Indian [and] a capacious, indomitable giant of the ilk of Paul Bunyan....Lafferty tells it straight: how the Choctaw nation, once removed, reconstituted itself and thrived in Indian territory...., how there came a schism between the rich, part-white, slave-owning, moneylending Choctaws and the 'feudal, compassionate, chauvinistic' full-blooded freeholders like Hannali; and how, during the Civil War, the Indians were manipulated divide-and-conquer fashion in helping destroy each other."-Kirkus Reviews.
Dimensions (Overall): 8.25 Inches (H) x 5.47 Inches (W) x .56 Inches (D)
Weight: .6 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 242
Genre: Fiction
Sub-Genre: General
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Format: Paperback
Author: R A Lafferty
Language: English
Street Date: October 15, 1991
TCIN: 88970906
UPC: 9780806123493
Item Number (DPCI): 247-56-2571
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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