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The falcon : a narrative of the captivity and adventures of John Tanner Cover Image Book Book

The falcon : a narrative of the captivity and adventures of John Tanner

Tanner, John, 1780-1780?-1847. (Author). Erdrich, Louise. (Added Author).

Summary: This is the fascinating autobiography of John Tanner (the Falcon), who is captured by the Shawnee tribe in 1789 at the age of nine, then is sold to an Ojibwa family, with whom he spends the first half of his adult life. Tells the story of a man torn between white society and the Native Americans with whom he identified.

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  • ISBN: 0140170227 :
  • ISBN: 9780140170221
  • Physical Description: print
    xv, 280 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
  • Publisher: New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Penguin Books, 1994.

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Originally published: G. & C. & H. Carvill, 1830.
"A Penguin original"--Label on cover.

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Subject: Tanner, John 1780?-1847
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