A Minnesota lawyer who took to verse when illness ended his practice, Gordon retells legends of the Dakota and Ojibwa in long narrative poems: the title poem of a Dakota maidens’ ceremony, the Heyoka dance, the legend of the Pictured Rocks of Lake Superior, and Pauline, a romance of frontier life, with shorter lyrics added. His Indian themes carry the romantic stereotypes of his era.
A curiosity of nineteenth-century Midwestern verse for readers of frontier literature. Download the free EPUB.