How They Do It Emerson Bennett on Indian tales and Prairie Flower
A Philadelphia Evening Bulletin interview recalls Emerson Bennett recounting how publishers pushed him into Indian stories. He explains he knew little of the West yet studied Fremont and other sources to craft Prairie Flower, which became his most popular work with over 100,000 copies sold and a new edition planned.
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