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Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
1793–1864
An explorer, geologist, and writer of the early United States, he is best remembered for his studies of Native American languages, stories, and history. His travels around the Great Lakes and his reports on the region helped shape how 19th-century readers understood the American frontier.
16 Audiobooks
Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi River, in 1820
by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
The Myth of Hiawatha, and Other Oral Legends, Mythologic and Allegoric, of the North American Indians
by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
Scenes and Adventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas
by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers
by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
The Indian in his Wigwam; Or, Characteristics of the Red Race of America
by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
Algic Researches, Comprising Inquiries Respecting the Mental Characteristics of the North American Indians, First Series. Indian Tales and Legends, Vol. 1 of 2
by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
Western Scenes and Reminiscences
by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
Notes on the Iroquois
by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
Algic Researches, Comprising Inquiries Respecting the Mental Characteristics of the North American Indians, First Series. Indian Tales and Legends, Vol. 2 of 2
by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
The American Indians
by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
An Address, Delivered Before the Was-ah Ho-de-no-son-ne or New Confederacy of the Iroquois
by William H. C. (William Howe Cuyler) Hosmer, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
The Indian Fairy Book
by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
Incentives to the Study of the Ancient Period of American History
by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
Literature of the Indian Languages
by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
Narrative of an Expedition Through the Upper Mississippi to Itasca Lake, the Actual Source of This River
by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
Alhalla, or the Lord of Talladega: A Tale of the Creek War.
by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
About the author
Born in New York in 1793, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft became known as a traveler, geologist, and ethnologist at a time when the United States was still mapping and describing much of its northern interior. He worked in frontier territories, wrote widely about the lands and peoples of the Great Lakes region, and took part in expeditions that brought him national attention.
Schoolcraft is especially associated with his research on Native American cultures, particularly Ojibwe history, language, and oral tradition. His books gathered legends, vocabulary, and observations that influenced later writers and helped preserve material that might otherwise have been lost, though modern readers also recognize that his work reflected the assumptions and limits of his era.
He spent his later years continuing to write and publish on history, geography, and Indigenous cultures until his death in 1864. Today he is remembered as a major 19th-century chronicler whose work sits at the crossroads of exploration, scholarship, and early American literary history.