The porcupine year / Louise Erdrich.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Erdrich, Louise, author.

Contributor:

Caroline F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the American Wilderness (University of Pennsylvania)

Schimmel, Caroline F., donor, associated name.

Series:

Erdrich, Louise. Birchbark House series ; bk. 3.

[Birchbark House series]

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ojibwa Indians--Juvenile fiction.

Ojibwa Indians.

Superior, Lake--History--19th century--Juvenile fiction.

Superior, Lake.

Lake Superior.

Genre:

Fiction.

History.

Juvenile works.

Penn Provenance:

Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel Collection copy)

Erdrich, Louise (autograph) (Schimmel Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xi, 193 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : HarperCollinsPublishers, [2008]

Summary:

In 1852, forced by the United States government to leave their beloved Island of the Golden Breasted Woodpecker, fourteen-year-old Omokayas and her Ojibwe family travel in search of a new home.

Contents:

Prologue

Night hunting

Porcupine soup

The Memegwesi

Bears and heart berries

Prayer feathers

The path of butterflies

Trail of ash

The capture

Pushing on

What was left

Windigoo moon

Aadizookaanag

Cry of the dove

Cousins

Two strike's pain

The woman lodge

Author's note on the Ojibwe language

Glossary and pronunciation guide of Ojibwe terms

A few book notes.

Notes:

Sequel to: The game of silence.

Sequel: Chickadee.

Illustrated endpapers.

Includes bibliographical references.

Notable book for a global society, 2009

Local Notes:

Schimmel Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2019 by Caroline F. Schimmel.

Schimmel Collection copy has dated 20th-century autograph of the author with sketch of porcupine on title leaf.

Schimmel Collection copy: dust jacket retained.

ISBN:

9780060297879

0060297875

9780060297886

0060297883

9780064410304

0064410307

OCLC:

212908636