02500cim a2200421 i 4500 218606752 TxAuBib 20150605120000.0 d 141007s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781481511971 library ed. 1481511971 library ed. Z9754 Blackstone Audio (OCoLC)892648709 TxAuBib rda Gura, Philip F., 1950- The life of William Apess, Pequot [CD] / by Philip F. Gura. Unabridged. [Ashland, Oregon] : Blackstone Audio, Inc., [2015] ℗2015. 6 audio discs (7 hr.) : digital, CD audio ; 4 3/4 in. spw rdacontent s rdamedia sd rdacarrier Duration: 7:00:00. Compact discs. "Tracks every 3 minutes for easy bookmarking"--Container. Read by Traber Burns. Born in 1798 in Colrain, Massachusetts, Apess' early life was marked by abuse, transiency, and alcoholism until, as a young man, he experienced a powerful conversion at a Methodist gathering. Following his conversion, Apess enlisted in the United States Army, accompanying troops sent to the Canadian front during the War of 1812. After the war, he returned to New England, was formally ordained as a Methodist preacher, and in 1829 published A Son of the Forest, generally thought to be the first formal Native American autobiography. In 1833, Apess visited a Native American congregation at Mashpee on Cape Cod and quickly emerged as a leader in that group's fight for tribal rights against the government of Massachusetts. Arrested for his part in the "Mashpee Revolt," Apess went on to write two books speaking to the racial prejudice he encountered during the Mashpee affair and agitating for Native American self-determination. In the years following the publication of his second and third books, however, Apess' fortunes worsened, and he died, impoverished, in 1839. 20150605. Apess, William, 1798-1839. Pequot Indians Biography. Methodist Church New England Clergy Biography. Indians, Treatment of New England History. Audiobooks. Burns, Traber, narrator. Blackstone Audio, Inc, publisher.