The Half-Breed: A Tale of the Western Frontier ♦ By Walt Whitman ♦ Full ...

The Half-Breed: A Tale of the Western Frontier ♦ By Walt Whitman ♦ Full Audiobook



Title:  The Half-Breed: A Tale of the Western Frontier



Author:  Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892)



Genre(s):  Native Americans, serial fiction, miscegenation, american frontier, capital punishment



Language:  English



Read By: Chuck Williamson



Librivox Recording





Published anonymously in The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (with an earlier draft also appearing as “Arrow-Tip” in The Aristidean), The Half-Breed: A Tale of the Western Frontier is one of the few known works of long-form fiction written by Walt Whitman during the earliest part of his career. It tells the story of Arrow-Tip, a Native American who falls victim to frontier prejudice after the presumed murder of local blacksmith Peter Brown. Despite his presumed innocence, he is soon sentenced to die by hanging — even though there exists evidence that could possibly exonerate him. This narrative is further complicated by the presence of Boddo, a hideously deformed hunchback who is ostracized by the white settlers due to his mixed-race heritage. Fueled by spite and anger, Boddo uses this opportunity to take vengeance upon those who once tormented and humiliated him. - Summary by ChuckW



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