Converting the West: A Biography of Narcissa Whitman

by Julie Roy Jeffrey

Book Overview

Narcissa Whitman and her husband, Marcus, were pioneering missionaries to the Cayuse Indians in Oregon Territory. In this biography, the author traces her motivations and relationships, as well as the circumstances that led to her death at the hands of members of the Cayuse tribe. Annotation copyrig

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806123591
• ISBN13: 9780806123592
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

A wonderful book

Julie Roy Jeffrey's achievement is a must for anyone interested in the history of the American frontier. It tells the tragic tale of a clash between two incompatible cultures and consequently highlights the complexity of the frontier experience. Here all notions of European conquest or Native American savagery are replaced by a reality of failed coexistence.