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The Yellow Chief
''The Yellow Chief: A Romance of the Rocky Mountains'' is a novel by Thomas Mayne Reid written in 1869, converging frontier fiction with anti-slavery messages. ''The Yellow Chief'' tells the story of a southern mulatto slave who runs away to become a Cheyenne Indian chief in the Rocky Mountains, seeking revenge on his cruel plantation owners as they emigrate to the West. The novel was published in 1870 as a pulp western dime novel in London, and was afterwards published as Part II of Mayne Reid's ''The White Squaw'' (1871). It is one of 75 adventure "romance" novels that Mayne Reid wrote in his lifetime, including ''The Rifle Rangers: or Adventures in South Mexico, The Rifle Rangers'' (1850), ''The White Chief'' (1855), ''The Scalp Hunters'' (1856), and ''The Headless Horseman (novel), The Headless Horseman'' (1866). Plot summary Starting in Vicksburg, Mississippi preceding the abolition of slavery, ''The Yellow Chief'' begins on the plantation of the Blackadder family. Bl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Yellow Chief
''The Yellow Chief: A Romance of the Rocky Mountains'' is a novel by Thomas Mayne Reid written in 1869, converging frontier fiction with anti-slavery messages. ''The Yellow Chief'' tells the story of a southern mulatto slave who runs away to become a Cheyenne Indian chief in the Rocky Mountains, seeking revenge on his cruel plantation owners as they emigrate to the West. The novel was published in 1870 as a pulp western dime novel in London, and was afterwards published as Part II of Mayne Reid's ''The White Squaw'' (1871). It is one of 75 adventure "romance" novels that Mayne Reid wrote in his lifetime, including ''The Rifle Rangers: or Adventures in South Mexico, The Rifle Rangers'' (1850), ''The White Chief'' (1855), ''The Scalp Hunters'' (1856), and ''The Headless Horseman (novel), The Headless Horseman'' (1866). Plot summary Starting in Vicksburg, Mississippi preceding the abolition of slavery, ''The Yellow Chief'' begins on the plantation of the Blackadder family. Bl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
