In the backwoods of northern Minnesota, Indians eke out a meagre living. This novel traces the childhood and early manhood of an outsider, and his relationship with the Indian community, whose society is in increasing disarray, but whose influence upon the young man's development is profound.
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In the backwoods of northern Minnesota, Indians eke out a meagre living. This novel traces the childhood and early manhood of an outsider, and his relationship with the Indian community, whose society is in increasing disarray, but whose influence upon the young man's development is profound.
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Good. With dust jacket. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.
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Fine in Very Good jacket. Book Octavo, hardcover, fine in VG blue pictorial dj. First Edition. Set at Minnesota/Canadian border. 258 pp. Author's first novel. 1950's to 1980's in Big Pines where old Indian sanctuary is owned by sportsmen's lodge where Indians are guides. Follows 3 generations of Ojibway an d Chippewa from the land of the Big Pines.
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Very Good jacket. New York. 1990. October 1990. Knopf. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0394583353. 258 pages. hardcover. Jacket design & art by Archie Ferguson & Carol Devine Carson. keywords: American Literature Native American. DESCRIPTION-In his first novel, Johnson evokes a community of disenfranchised Indians, the Ojibway and Chippewa, as its members slowly leave their cultural enclave over 30 years from the ‘50s to the ‘80s. Chronicling the defeatism, desperation and the violence of the neglected poor, using unabashedly spare language-a style that stringently avoids any excesses of emotion-Johnson creates an odd tension. Racism, murder, genocide and sexual passions are related as straightforwardly as sections detailing fishing, welding, the molding of love charms and baseball games. Each chapter is in fact like a powerful short story that could stand on its own. In ‘Coots, ' an Indian boy receives a gun for his birthday and, venting his long pent-up rage, starts shooting uneatable birds as the white man does, just for the fun of killing. In ‘Bear, Dancing, ' a young man, Bear, is asked to play Santa Claus before members of his tribe. Suddenly, his ho-ho-ho's metamorphose into a tribal chant and dance-to the priest's consternation. In ‘Arrival, ' a white girl attempts to seduce her father's Indian employee, whom she previously found repugnant, while not far off the same Indian's brother lies dead, his head blown apart in a ‘hunting accident' by a known bigot. A provocative, potent debut. -PUBLISHERS WEEKLY. inventory #26747.
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