The Falcon

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First published in the United States of America under the title
A Narrative of the Captivity and Adventures of John Tanner by G. & C. & H. Carvill 1830
Published with an introduction by Louise Erdrich in Penguin Books 1994
This edition published 2003

Introduction copyright © Louise Erdrich, 1994

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Portrait of John Tanner by Henry Inman, photographed by Mark Sexton.
Courtesy Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA.

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING IN PUBLICATION DATA
Tanner, John, 1780?-1847.
[Narrative of the captivity and adventures of John Tanner]
The falcon: a narrative of the captivity and adventures of John Tanner / with
an introduction by Louise Erdich.
p. cm.
Originally published: 1830.

eISBN : 978-1-101-15368-0

1. Tanner, John, 1780?-1847. 2. Ojibwa Indians — Captivities. 3. Ojibwa Indians Biography.
4. Ottawa Indians — Captivities, I. Erdrich, Louise. II. Title.
E87.T16A3 1994
973’.04973-dc20 93-29449

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