{"product_id":"ramona-signet-classics-by-helen-hunt-jackson","title":"Ramona (Signet Classics) by Helen Hunt Jackson","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSet in Old California, this powerful narrative richly depicts the life of the fading Spanish order, the oppression of tribal American communities and inevitably, the brutal intrusion of white settlers. Ramona, an illegitimate orphan, grows up as the ward of the overbearing Senora Moreno. But her desire for Alessandro, a Native American, makes her an outcast and fugitive...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eRamona\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a second \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eUncle Tom's Cabin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e. . . .\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe arrogant mestiza whose attachment to her Indian lover endures through persecution and death \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e. . .\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand the desperate love they share until the vanquishing blond race casts them out like hunted animals . . . all this is alive in these pages.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-José Martí\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHelen Hunt Jackson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1830-1885) was a poet, novelist and essayist who became an advocate for Native American rights, fighting for improved treatment of Natives by the US government. She detailed the adverse effects of previous actions taken against Indian tribes in her history \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Century of Dishonor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1881). Her novel \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eRamona\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1884) dramatized the federal government's mistreatment of Native Americans in Southern California after the Mexican-American War and attracted considerable attention to her cause.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTarget Age: 18 and up\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSignet Book\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePub Date:\u003cspan\u003e July 01, 2002\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1.11\" H x 6.86\" L x 4.24\" W\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e432 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003epaperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44929898807482,"sku":"9780451528421","price":6.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0444\/2213\/5968\/files\/81XPi69qxML._SL1500.jpg?v=1750200399","url":"https:\/\/naturenurture.shop\/products\/ramona-signet-classics-by-helen-hunt-jackson","provider":"nature+nurture","version":"1.0","type":"link"}