American Literature I: An Open Anthology of Texts From Early America Through the Civil War
About This Book
3 Various Authors In the beginning there was no earth, no water—nothing. There was only a person, Juh-wert-a-Mah-kai (The Doctor of the Earth). He just floated, for there was no place for him to stand upon. There was no sun, no light, and he just floated about in the darkness, which was Darkness itself. He wandered around in the nowhere till he thought he had wandered enough. Then he rubbed on his breast and rubbed out moah-haht-tack, that is perspiration, or greasy earth. This he rubbed out on
| Category | humanities |
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| Subject | Biography, Literature and Literary studies |
| Year | 2023 |
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| Chapters | 13 |
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| Institution | Stockton University |
| License | Creative Commons - Attribution Share-Alike - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ |
Chapters
- 3
- 5 Introduction: Genesis Creation Narrative and the Bible in English
- 6 The Bible: King James Version, Genesis 1-3
- Enter Caliban.
- John’s legislative skills were put to use when he served as the first speaker of
- 30
- 37 William Penn, “Letter from William Penn to the King of the Indians”
- 81
- 129
- 195 Author Introduction: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
- 196 “The Slave Auction” (1854) by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
- 198 Author Introduction: Jane Johnston Schoolcraft (1800-1842)
- 200 Introduction to Slave Narratives