Elbert H. Smith

For other people with the same name, see Elbert Smith.

Elbert H. Smith was the author of the best selling epic poem Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak in 1839.

References

• Mielke, Laura L. (Spring 2002). ""native to the question" William Apess, Black Hawk, and the Sentimental Context of Early Native American Autobiography". The American Indian Quarterly. 26 (2). The University of Nebraska Press: 246–270. doi:10.1353/aiq.2003.0023. S2CID 162264349.
• "Odd Wisconsin: Joke played on poet leads to best-selling book". Wisconsin State Journal. April 16, 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-04-22.
• Beidler, Philip D. (Spring 1998). "A.B. Meeks great American epic poem of 1855; or, the curious career of The Red Eagle". Mississippi Quarterly. 51 (2). The University of Nebraska Press: 275, 16p.
• Full text of Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak