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Title: Ramona: A Story by Helen Hunt Jackson, Michael Dorris ISBN: 0-451-52842-5 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: 02 July, 2002 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.46 (13 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Compelling piece of fiction for any California History buff
Comment: Ramona, set in early Spanish/Mexican California, weaves the tale of love between the Indian Allessandro and the Mexican-Indian girl Ramona. Rich, deep characters and vivid description of the landscapes makes this novel a great piece of California historical fiction. Through Jackson's powerful illustrations, the racism Mexicans and Indians both endured at the hands of White and Mexican settlers is experienced by the reader. Yet the love story is what makes this book and Jackson's romanticism of the landscape and the main charcaters only enhances Californians' fascination with Mission Revival.
Rating: 5
Summary: Ramona-Magella
Comment: I thought this was one of the best books I have ever read. You will fall in love with Ramona (Majella) and Alessandro.If you are like me your heart will break, then it will heal slowly, but maybe not all the way. While reading this book you may learn some things you did not know before. If you have some spare time, read this book. But don't race through it, there is meaning in every line. I recomend this book mostly to girls. It can be read from teens up. You do not have to be fans of history to love this book.
Rating: 4
Summary: Ramona inspires Drama
Comment: As a playwright, I haven't been inspired to adapt a novel until I read Ramona. What works for me? The melodrama is, after all, average, and the love story...a little predictable. But there's something audacious about author Helen Hunt Jackson and her bold "Mother Jones" muckraking persona that constantly reminds you throughout the pages about the injustices committed against Native Americans. Yet, in spite of this heavy message, there's something utterly fascinating about its main characters--the beautiful Ramona, the daring Alessandro, the unforgiving Senora, even the wimpy Felipe. They create a powerful scenario worthy of intelligent, passionate drama. I, in turn, wrote the play which has been produced at PlayWright's Theater in Phoenix and at Arizona State University in Tempe. I've adapted the story, done my own interpretation of it, but the essence has remained the same.
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Title: A Century of Dishonor: A Sketch of the United States Government's Dealings With Some of the Indian Tribes by Helen Hunt Jackson, Valerie Sherer Mathes ISBN: 0806127260 Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr (Trd) Pub. Date: April, 1995 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Helen Hunt Jackson : A Literary Life by Kate Phillips ISBN: 0520218043 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: 01 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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Title: The Elusive Eden: A New History of California by William Bullough, Richard Orsi, Richard B. Rice ISBN: 0070479089 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages Pub. Date: 01 March, 1996 List Price(USD): $63.13 |
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Title: The Octopus: A Story of California (Twentieth Century Classics) by Frank Norris, Kevin Starr ISBN: 0140187707 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: August, 1994 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Life Among the Piutes: Their Wrongs and Claims (Vintage West Series) by Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins ISBN: 0874172527 Publisher: Univ of Nevada Pr Pub. Date: December, 1994 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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