The night watchman : a novel
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Published
New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020].
ISBN
9780062671189, 0062671189
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Oak Lawn Public Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION ERDRICH
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FICTION ERDRICH
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Acorn Public Library District - Stacks | FIC ERDRICH, L. | On Shelf |
Addison Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult Books | FIC ERDRICH L. | On Shelf |
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Beecher Community Library District - Stacks | F ERD | On Shelf |
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Dysfunctional families -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Indian termination policy -- Fiction.
Indians of North America -- Government relations -- Fiction.
Indians of North America -- North Dakota -- Fiction.
Missing persons -- Fiction.
Ojibwa Indians -- Fiction.
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota -- Officials and employees -- Fiction.
Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation (N.D.) -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Indian termination policy -- Fiction.
Indians of North America -- Government relations -- Fiction.
Indians of North America -- North Dakota -- Fiction.
Missing persons -- Fiction.
Ojibwa Indians -- Fiction.
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota -- Officials and employees -- Fiction.
Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation (N.D.) -- Fiction.
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Published
New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
451 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9780062671189, 0062671189
Notes
Description
It is 1953. Thomas Wazhushk is the night watchman at the first factory to open near the Turtle Mountain Reservation in rural North Dakota. He is also a prominent Chippewa Council member, trying to understand a new bill that is soon to be put before Congress. The US Government calls it an 'emancipation' bill; but it isn't about freedom - it threatens the rights of Native Americans to their land, their very identity. How can he fight this betrayal? Unlike most of the girls on the reservation, Pixie - 'Patrice' - Paranteau has no desire to wear herself down on a husband and kids. She works at the factory, earning barely enough to support her mother and brother, let alone her alcoholic father who sometimes returns home to bully her for money. But Patrice needs every penny to get, if she's ever going to get, to Minnesota to find her missing sister Vera. In The Night Watchman multi-award winning author Louise Erdrich weaves together a story of past and future generations, of preservation and progress. She grapples with the worst and best impulses of human nature, illuminating the loves and lives, desires and ambitions of her characters with compassion, wit and intelligence.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Erdrich, L. (2020). The night watchman: a novel (First edition.). Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Erdrich, Louise. 2020. The Night Watchman: A Novel. Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Erdrich, Louise. The Night Watchman: A Novel Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2020.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Erdrich, Louise. The Night Watchman: A Novel First edition., Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2020.
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