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Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country (National Geographic Directions)
by Louise Erdrich
- Used
- Condition
- UsedAcceptable
- ISBN 10
- 0792257197
- ISBN 13
- 9780792257196
- Seller
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Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
UsedAcceptable. This is a retired library book with typical wear/markings. May or may not have library stickers attached which will not be removed. Cover/Case has some rubbing and edgewear. Access codes, CD's, slipcovers and other accessories may not be included.
Synopsis
For more than twenty years Louise Erdrich has dazzled readers with the intricately wrought, deeply poetic novels which have won her a place among today's finest writers. Her nonfiction is equally eloquent, and this lovely memoir offers a vivid glimpse of the landscape, the people, and the long tradition of storytelling that give her work its magical, elemental force. In a small boat like those her Native American ancestors have used for countless generations, she travels to Ojibwe home ground, the islands of Lake of the Woods in southern Ontario. Her only companions are her new baby and the baby's father, an Ojibwe spiritual leader, on a pilgrimage to the sacred rock paintings their people have venerated for centuries as mystical "teaching and dream guides," and where even today Ojibwe leave offerings of tobacco in token of their power. With these paintings as backdrop, Erdrich summons to life the Ojibwe's spirits and songs, their language and sorrows, and the tales that are in their blood, echoing through her own family's very contemporary American lives and shaping her vision of the wider world. Thoughtful, moving, and wonderfully well observed, her meditation evokes ancient wisdom, modern ways, and the universal human concerns we all share. "This book is a treasure and a delight."--Minneapolis Star Tribune
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Details
- Bookseller
- Goodwill
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2Y6OIV005K14_ns
- Title
- Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country (National Geographic Directions)
- Author
- Louise Erdrich
- Book Condition
- UsedAcceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardback
- ISBN 10
- 0792257197
- ISBN 13
- 9780792257196
- Publisher
- National Geographic Society
- Place of Publication
- Washington, D.c., U.s.a.
- This edition first published
- 2003-06-01
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About the Seller
Goodwill
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Brooklyn Park, Minnesota
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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