Hobomok, A Tale of Early Times is the provocative story of an upperclass white woman who marries an Indian chief, has a child, then leaves him-with the child-for another man. This novel,
originally published in 1824, is a powerful first among antipatriarchal and antiracist novels in American listerature. In addition, this collection contains seven remarkable short stores; an
extract on Indian women from Child’s groundbreaking History of the Condition of Women in Various Ages and Nations (1835); a selection from her best-selling volume of journalistic sketches,
Letters from New-York (1843); and her eloquent Appeal for Indians (1868). This revised edition of ＂Hobomok＂ and Other Writings on Indians includes three new stories-＂The Church in the
Wilderness,＂ ＂Willie Wharton.＂ And ＂The Indians＂-As well as explanatory notes and an updated bibliography.
