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Spirit wind / Jon L. Gibson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gibson, Jon L.
- Series:
- Alabama Fire Ant
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chitimacha Indians--Fiction.
- Chitimacha Indians.
- Indians of North America--Fiction.
- Indians of North America.
- Atchafalaya River Valley (La.)--Fiction.
- Atchafalaya River Valley (La.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (197 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A coming-of-age story set in the isolated, murky swamps of Louisiana.
- Contents:
- Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Spirit Child; 2. The Healing Way; 3. Snakebite Healer; 4. Lessons in Healing; 5. The Red Bead; 6. Cloud Bringer, Father-of-Storm-Rider; 7. "War"; 8. Mourning Time; 9. Stone-Arrow-Point People; 10. Cutting Cane and Gathering Dyes; 11. Passing on Traditions; 12. Nobles and Commoners; 13. The Bone Basket; 14. Ambush at Round Island; 15. Cannibal Beasts; 16. Captives' Sentences; 17. Remembering Bent Woman's Teachings; 18. Escape; 19. Homecoming; Glossary; Further Reading
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0-8173-8248-8
- OCLC:
- 650060131
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