Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different
Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country: Traveling Through the Land of My Ancestors
by Erdrich, Louise
- New
- Condition
- New
- ISBN 10
- 006230996X
- ISBN 13
- 9780062309969
- Seller
-
Benton Harbor, Michigan, United States
40 Copies Available from This Seller
(You can add more at checkout.)
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Harper Perennial. New. BRAND NEW, GIFT QUALITY! NOT OVERSTOCKS OR MARKED UP REMAINDERS! DIRECT FROM THE PUBLISHER!
Synopsis
For more than twenty years Louise Erdrich has dazzled readers with the intricately wrought, deeply poetic novels which have won her a place among today's finest writers. Her nonfiction is equally eloquent, and this lovely memoir offers a vivid glimpse of the landscape, the people, and the long tradition of storytelling that give her work its magical, elemental force. In a small boat like those her Native American ancestors have used for countless generations, she travels to Ojibwe home ground, the islands of Lake of the Woods in southern Ontario. Her only companions are her new baby and the baby's father, an Ojibwe spiritual leader, on a pilgrimage to the sacred rock paintings their people have venerated for centuries as mystical "teaching and dream guides," and where even today Ojibwe leave offerings of tobacco in token of their power. With these paintings as backdrop, Erdrich summons to life the Ojibwe's spirits and songs, their language and sorrows, and the tales that are in their blood, echoing through her own family's very contemporary American lives and shaping her vision of the wider world. Thoughtful, moving, and wonderfully well observed, her meditation evokes ancient wisdom, modern ways, and the universal human concerns we all share. "This book is a treasure and a delight."--Minneapolis Star Tribune
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Ambis Enterprises LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- OTF-Y-9780062309969
- Title
- Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country: Traveling Through the Land of My Ancestors
- Author
- Erdrich, Louise
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 40
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 006230996X
- ISBN 13
- 9780062309969
- Publisher
- Harper Perennial
- Place of Publication
- Qf16
- This edition first published
- 2014-03
Terms of Sale
Ambis Enterprises LLC
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Ambis Enterprises LLC
Biblio member since 2009
Benton Harbor, Michigan
About Ambis Enterprises LLC
We love books, and love our customers. We underrate our book conditions to ensure you're happy, and handpack our shipments with pride!
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
Collecting Dr. Seuss
Whether you are into the pricey first editions or interesting Seussiana ephemera, this is a good starting point for building a book collection based on Dr. Seuss.
Positive Representation Matters
Books transmit cultural values and can shape the views of society. Learn more about the history of American literature in Collecting Children’s Literature by Writers and Educators of the Harlem Renaissance.
