{"product_id":"ramona-9780812973518","title":"Ramona","description":"\"If I could write a story that would do for the Indian a thousandth part of what \u003ci\u003eUncle Tom's Cabin\u003c\/i\u003e did for the Negro,\" wrote Helen Hunt Jackson, \"I would be thankful the rest of my life.\" Jackson surpassed this ambition with the publication of \u003ci\u003eRamona\u003c\/i\u003e, her popular 1884 romantic bestseller. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA beautiful half Native American, half-Scottish orphan raised by a harsh Mexican \u003ci\u003eranchera\u003c\/i\u003e, Ramona enters into a forbidden love affair with a heroic Mission Indian named Alessandro. The pair's adventures after they elope paint a vivid portrait of California history and the woeful fate of Native Americans and Mexicans whose lands and rights were stripped as Anglo-Americans overran southern California. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet from the first American edition of 1884, this Modern Library Paperback Classic includes José Martí's 1888 prologue (translated from the Spanish by Esther Allen).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-16154205\"\u003eHelen Hunt Jackson\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Modern Library\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/12\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.10w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780812973518\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0812973518\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC004000\"\u003eClassics\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC027170\"\u003eRomance | Historical | Victorian\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC059000\"\u003eIndigenous | General (see also Indigenous Peoples of Turtle\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDenise Chávez\u003c\/b\u003e, a prolific playwright, poet, and novelist, is the author of \u003ci\u003eLoving Pedro Infante\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFace of an Angel\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Last of the Menu Girls\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in New Mexico.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Modern Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48461561364717,"sku":"9780812973518","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_cf4402e6-3fdf-4ee9-9b75-d11cddb157cc.jpg?v=1753680774","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/ramona-9780812973518","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}