Thomas Darko is a Mohican for the twentieth century, the last surviving member of the tiny Mosopelea Tribe of the Mississippi Delta, called Ofos by outsiders. Never numbering more than a few hundred people in recorded history, his kinsmen have died away until Thomas comes to think of himself as "a nation of one." Now an old man in the waning years of the century, Thomas tells the story of his roug...
Series: Sun Tracks (Book 39)
Paperback: 128 pages
Publisher: University of Arizona Press; 1 edition (January 1, 2000)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0816519595
ISBN-13: 978-0816519590
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.3 x 8.5 inches
Amazon Rank: 1763699
Format: PDF Text TXT ebook
reviews:This compelling novella is narrated by Thomas Darko, the imagined last speaker of a real Siouan language, Mosopelea. The term "Ofo," which the narrator embraces, is, he says, a derogatory Chickasaw word for "dog." The language did indeed die in the ...
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