The heart of a chief / a novel by Joseph Bruchac.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bruchac, Joseph, 1942-

Contributor:

Darcy, Pamela.

Thompson, John.

Tehon, Atha.

Atha Tehon Thiras Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indian reservations--Juvenile fiction.

Indian reservations.

Pennacook Indians--Juvenile fiction.

Pennacook Indians.

Indians of North America--New Hampshire--Juvenile fiction.

Indians of North America.

Alcoholism--Juvenile fiction.

Alcoholism.

Indian reservations--Fiction.

Pennacook Indians--Fiction.

Indians of North America--New Hampshire--Fiction.

Alcoholism--Fiction.

New Hampshire.

Genre:

Fiction.

Juvenile works.

Penn Provenance:

Tehon, Atha (former owner) (Tehon Collection copy)

Tehon, Susan (donor)

Physical Description:

6 unnumbered pages, 153 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 22 cm

Edition:

[First edition].

Place of Publication:

New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, [©1998]

Summary:

An eleven-year-old Penacook Indian boy living on a reservation faces his father's alcoholism, a controversy surrounding plans for a casino on a tribal island, and insensitivity toward Native Americans in his school and nearby town.

Contents:

Indian Reservations

fiction.

Notes:

"Designed by Pamela Darcy"--t.p. verso.

"First Edition."

Designed by Atha Tehon.

"Jacket painting copyright 1998 by John Thompson."--Dust jacket.

"'The Heart of Chiefe' is a novel, but it is based on the realities of contemporary Indian America and on the many years I've spent working with Indian kids in schools throughout America."--Author's Note.

Local Notes:

Tehon Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Atha Tehon.

Tehon Collection copy: dust jacket retained.

ISBN:

0803722761

9780803722767

OCLC:

38055934

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