The Poems of Alexander Lawrence Posey - (Mint Editions (Native Stories, Indigenous Voices)) (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

"He was a poet of the first order, a humorist, a philosopher, a man of affairs. He achieved fame as an English-Indian dialect writer and journalist. He was the leading man of the Creeks and the one great man produced by the Confederacy known as the Five Civilized Tribes."

Published posthumously in 1910, The Poems of Lawrence Alexander Posey is both a collection of poetry and a short memoir by one of the late nineteenth century's leading Native American voices, Alexander Posey. Born near Eufaula, Posey was the eldest of twelve children who were raised within the Creek Nation but incorporated into European culture. Being fluent in the Muscogee language, Posey would be encouraged by his father to learn English, ultimately leading to his love of the written word and his exposure to the Indian Journal where he would go on to submit his poetry.

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From the Back Cover

Raised with his siblings in the Creek Nation, Alexander Posey was an extraordinary talent who wrote about Native Americans for Native Americans. Collecting his short memoir and his poems published in the Indian Journal, The Poems of Alexander Lawrence Posey is the portrait of a leading Native American figure of the late nineteenth century.