Susan Supernaw

Muscogee Daughter (eBook, PDF)

My Sojourn to the Miss America Pageant

• Format: PDF

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Nebraska
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780803234161
• Artikelnr.: 37845303

Autorenporträt

Susan Supernaw is a computer software, education, and technology consultant. Her manuscript for this book won the First Book Award for Prose from the Native Writers Circle of the Americas. Geary Hobson is a professor of English at the University of Oklahoma and the author of, most recently, The Last of the Ofos.    

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Family Genealogy
1. Blessings Inside a Tipi
2. Jimmy
3. Bozo
4. Horse Crazy
5. A New Name
6. Metamorphosis
7. Sewer Rats
8. Beef Noodle
9. Susie Q
10. Super Sue
11. Tomorrow's Leader
12. Coming Home
13. Scorpio Sue
14. Superstar Supernaw
15. The Barefoot Queen
16. The Indian Queen
17. Dancing Feet
18. Ellia Ponna
Notes

Rezensionen

"A unique story, but also an iconic American story, it is inspiring and heartbreaking, and ultimately redemptive. Susan Supernaw is living testimony to the triumph of the human spirit as well as the strength of Native American culture." Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, author of Red Dirt: Growing Up Okie "This is a riveting story about resilience and strength. Susan Supernaw opens the door into the beauty of the Native American spirit as a young girl who triumphs in spite of tough circumstances. It's also the best of the Miss America story---not about who wins a crown but about who is helped to become all she is called to be." Jane Jayroe, author of More Grace than Glamour: My Life as Miss America and Beyond "The publication of Susan Supernaw's Muscogee Daughter establishes this former beauty queen as a powerful storyteller. We hear the unlikely tale of how a rowdy, barefoot girl growing up in Indian country made it to the Miss America pageant. What remains most striking is the unexpected gift of the heavy understory of Supernaw's spiritual tests. Throughout the telling, she remains straightforward and mesmerizing. This story is a giveaway, in honor of all those who assisted her in her journey of becoming." Joy Harjo, Mvskoke poet and musician