书目

Ramona

内容简介

“IfIcouldwriteastorythatwoulddofortheIndianathousandthpartofwhatUncleTom’sCabindidfortheNegro,”wroteHelenHuntJackson,“Iwouldbethankfultherestofmylife.”JacksonsurpassedthisambitionwiththepublicationofRamona,herpopular1884romanticbestseller.AbeautifulhalfNativeAmerican,half-ScottishorphanraisedbyaharshMexicanranchera,RamonaentersintoaforbiddenloveaffairwithaheroicMissionIndiannamedAlessandro.Thepair’sadventuresaftertheyelopepaintavividportraitofCaliforniahistoryandthewoefulfateofNativeAmericansandMexicanswhoselandsandrightswerestrippedasAnglo-AmericansoverransouthernCalifornia.SetfromthefirstAmericaneditionof1884,thisModernLibraryPaperbackClassicincludesJoséMartí’s1888prologue(translatedfromtheSpanishbyEstherAllen).,

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