| Description |
xvii, 247 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Preface : boundless, limitless -- A blind woman wants us to see -- The most penetrating cold -- Restless heart, defiant spirit -- Go West, young woman -- A big, wide world -- Mother, protector -- A mysterious captor comes calling -- Cut Meat Creek and rowdy cowboys -- Women work -- A good dog night -- Wild horses and raging blizzards -- A quiet courtship becomes a national sensation -- A prairie-gumbo-splattered wedding day -- Dime museums and Buffalo Bill's Wild West show -- Lies and distortions that never end -- A child, vilified and objectified -- Pulled into politics -- A three-pronged assault on the power order -- A tragedy of Shakespearean proportions -- Winyan is dead -- It all falls apart -- Storms all around -- "No more to do with his white wife" -- Samuel Campbell, prisoner 3222 -- A family forever apart -- The Blue star fades -- Missionary spirit to the end. |
| Summary |
"Details Cora's experiences from her Washington, DC, exodus to her years living amongst the Sioux, and her scandalous, short-lived marriage to Sam Campbell"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Fellows, Corabelle.
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Dakota Indians -- Education.
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Teachers -- South Dakota -- Biography.
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Women -- South Dakota -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
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Dakota Indians -- Missions.
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Dakota Indians -- Social life and customs.
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Interracial marriage -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Cheyenne River Indian Reservation (S.D.)
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South Dakota -- History.
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Fellows, Corabelle (OCoLC)fst00256266
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Dakota Indians -- Education
(OCoLC)fst00887115
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Dakota Indians -- Missions
(OCoLC)fst00887128
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Dakota Indians -- Social life and customs
(OCoLC)fst00887138
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Interracial marriage (OCoLC)fst00977484
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Teachers (OCoLC)fst01144248
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Women -- Social conditions
(OCoLC)fst01176947
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South Dakota (OCoLC)fst01204322
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South Dakota -- Cheyenne River Indian Reservation
(OCoLC)fst01244965
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United States (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Chronological Term |
1800-1899
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies (OCoLC)fst01919896
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History (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Title |
True story of Corabelle Fellows and how her life on the Dakota frontier became a national scandal |
| Other Form: |
Online version: Raasch, Chuck. Life painted red Essex, Connecticut : TwoDot, [2023] 9781493074143 (DLC) 2023008855 |
| ISBN |
9781493074136 paperback |
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149307413X paperback |
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9781493074143 electronic book |
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