Bear’s Heart (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Burton Supree
- First Published: 1977
- Time of Work: 1851–1882
- Setting: St. Augustine, Florida, and the southwestern United States
- Principal Characters: Bear’s Heart, Lieutenant Richard Henry Pratt, Big Moccasin, Bishop Whipple
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Prisoners, Prisons, Nineteenth century, Art or artists, Native Americans or American Indians, Christianity, Biography
- Locales: Southwest (U.S.), St. Augustine, FL
Form and Content
Burton Supree’s Bear’s Heart: Scenes from the Life of a Cheyenne Artist of One Hundred Years Ago with Pictures by Himself is essentially a picture book with added text. The biography reproduces many drawings by its subject, and the author elaborates upon the circumstances surrounding their creation. Thus, the illustrations serve as the stimulus for the text.
Bear’s Heart produced his drawings in order to record his experiences after his capture by the United States government. Native American camps had been attacked by American troops, and...
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