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Almanac of the dead : a novel / by Leslie Marmon Silko.
In its extraordinary range of character and culture, Almanac of the Dead is fiction on the grand scale. The acclaimed author of Ceremony has undertaken a weaving of ideas and lives, fate and history, passion and conquest in an attempt to re-create the moral history of the Americas, told from the point of view of the conquered, not the conquerors. --Publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 0140173196 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 9780140173192 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 0671666088 (cased)
- ISBN: 9780671666088 (cased)
- Physical Description: 763 pages ; 21 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Penguin Books, 1992, c1991.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Originally published: New York : Simon & Schuster, c1991. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Part one. The United States of America. Tucson -- San Diego -- Southwest -- South -- The border -- The North -- West Tucson -- Indian country -- Part two. Reign of death-eye dog -- Reign of fire-eye macaw -- Part three. Africa. New Jersey -- Arizona -- El Paso -- Part four. The Americas. Mountains -- Rivers -- Part five. The fifth world. The foes -- The warriors -- The struggle -- Part six. One world, many tribes. Prophecy. |
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| Subject: | Indians of North America > Southwest, New > Fiction. Indians of Mexico > Fiction. Southwest, New > Fiction. Historical fiction. |
Available copies
- 3 of 4 copies available at Northwest Indian College.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 4 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lummi Library | INDIAN # 443 | 275533 | Fiction | In process | - |
| Lummi Library | SILK 1991 | 265318 | Fiction | Available | - |
| Lummi Library | SILK 1991 | 269336 | Fiction | Reshelving | - |
| Lummi Library | SILK 1991 | 282093 | Fiction | Available | - |