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Ghost dancingAnna Linzer

Ghost dancing

1998186 pages
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Story by Graceful Story, Ghost Dancing reveals the evolving worlds of Jimmy One Rock and his wife, Mary. These tales link past and present - in Oklahoma and on a reservation in the Pacific Northwest - through memory, myth, ceremony, and a sly humor. These stories evoke both the pain and the desire of the Ghost Dance, a ritual once performed to restore the world. Ghost Dancing links together stories within stories, each of which contains the elements of pathos and humor. On a wild ride, from a dance with the Old Ones under an ancient black oak to the ceremonial burial of a '47 Nash to a…

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3 editions
  • Paperback · English · 1999
    Picador · 192 pages · 9780312204105
  • Other · English · 2013
    Picador · 9781466852983
  • Other · English · 1998
    Picador USA · 180 pages · 9780312195489
FictionIndians of North AmericaFamilySocial life and customsManners and customsFamiliesFiction, thrillersFiction, fantasy, general