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A Tour on the Prairies: An Account of Thirty Days in Deep Indian Country

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In 1832, Washington Irving, The us’s first literary superstar, returned to america after seventeen years out of the country and impulsively set out to explore Pawnee country—the wild uncharted territory deep in the young nation’s interior. It used to be part of the country few white men had set foot in and even fewer had written about it—and certainly none as famous as Irving.

Owing to a possibility encounter on a steamboat with the newly appointed Indian Commissioner, and embracing a chance to silence critics who had begun to doubt his patriotism (after such a lot time out of the country), Irving finds himself sleeping under the stars, traversing hostile plains, and venturing blindly into the unknown. He discovers a certain roughly tranquility in the open air and relishes the traditions and culture of the Pawnee. Irving kept a day by day account of his excursion into what is now Oklahoma, and upon his return home, spun this fabulously entertaining and groundbreaking work. With unparalleled descriptions of the natural terrain—a land of giant flowing rivers and endless golden plains—and vivid depictions of the lives in Native Americans, A Tour on the Prairies stands as a classic portrait of what life used to be like out West before chronic warfare left the plains and the population decimated. Irving’s book became a huge success when it used to be originally published and quickly silenced critics who questioned his affection for his homeland.
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