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Fig Tree John: An Indian in Fact and Fiction
Fig Tree John An Indian in Fact and Fiction Author:Peter G. Beidler Edwin Corle's 1935 novel Fig Tree John has been called one of the finest ever written.about an American Indian. — Combining anthropological, historical, and literary research, Peter G. Beidler provides a fascination analysis of Cole's work. He compares the factual Fig Tree John, a Cahuilla Indian from southern California, with the f... more »ictional character who is the protagonist in Corle's novel of Apache life. His pioneering study provides new insights into the place of the Indian in American literature.« less