MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01303cam a2200289 a 4500
001 2008025040
003 DLC
005 20090202134918.0
008 080605s2008 nyu 000 1 eng
010 $a 2008025040
020 $a9780393064575
020 $a0393064573
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn181139344
035 $a(OCoLC)181139344
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
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050 00 $aPS3558.O34726$bP46 2008
082 00 $a813/.54$222
100 1 $aHogan, Linda.
245 10 $aPeople of the whale :$ba novel /$cLinda Hogan.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bW.W. Norton,$cc2008.
300 $a303 p. ;$c22 cm.
520 $aRaised in a remote seaside village, Thomas Witka Just marries Ruth, his beloved since infancy. But an ill-fated decision to fight in Vietnam changes his life forever: cut off from his Native American community, he fathers a child with another woman. When he returns home a hero, he finds his tribe in conflict over the decision to hunt a whale, both a symbol of spirituality and rebirth and a means of survival. In the end, he reconciles his two existences, only to see tragedy befall the son he left behind.
650 0 $aIndians of North America$vFiction.
650 0 $aVietnam War, 1961-1975$xVeterans$vFiction.
650 0 $aCulture conflict$vFiction.