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War dances by Sherman Alexie
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks PS 3551 .L35774 W37 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Alexie, Sherman, 1966-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Short stories, American.
- Indians of North America--Fiction.
- Indians of North America.
- Spokane Indians--Fiction.
- Spokane Indians.
- Coeur d'Alene Indians--Fiction.
- Coeur d'Alene Indians.
- Physical Description:
- 209 p. ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Grove Press, c2009.
- Summary:
- A collection of short stories and poetry includes the title story, in which a famous writer, who just learned he may have a brain tumor, must decide how to care for his distant, American Indian father who is slowly dying.
- Contents:
- "The Limited"
- Breaking and entering
- "Go, Ghost, Go"
- Bird-watching at night
- "After building the Lego 'Star Wars' Ultimate Death Star"
- War dances
- "The theology of reptiles"
- Catechism
- "Ode to small-town sweethearts"
- The senator's son
- "Another proclamation"
- Invisible dog on a leash
- "Home of the braves"
- The ballad of Paul Nonetheless
- "On airplanes"
- Big bang theory
- "Ode for pay phones"
- Fearful symmetry
- "Ode to mix tapes"
- Roman Catholic haiku
- "Looking glass"
- Salt
- "Food chain."
- Local Notes:
- The Balch Ethnic Studies Collection.
- The Indian Rights Association Complementary Collection.
- ISBN:
- 9780802119193
- 0802119190
- OCLC:
- 514300933
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