Laughing Boy [electronic resource] : A Navajo Love Story
Oliver La Farge2004
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"Winner of the Pulitzer Prize: ""A romantic idyll played out in the rhythms and
meanings of a vanished Navajo world."" -The Denver Post
Laughing Boy is a model member of his tribe. Raised in old traditions, skilled
in silver work, and known for his prowess in the wild horse races, he does the
Navajos of T'o Tlakai proud. But times are changing. It is 1914, and the first
car has just driven into their country. Then, Laughing Boy meets Slim Girl-and
despite her ""American"" education and the warnings of his family, he gives in
to desire and marries her.
As Laughing Boy and Slim Girl settle away from traditional villages-their
different upbringings clashing within both their relationship and the
ever-encroaching culture around them-each of their worlds are thrown into a
heart-wrenching turmoil of love, honor, hope, and heritage.
""Compelling in its strength and simplicity, and its fidelity to the deepest
impulses of human nature,"" Laughing Boy is an unprecedented loo...
Main title:
Laughing Boy [electronic resource] : A Navajo Love Story / Oliver La Farge
Author:
Oliver La Farge, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Mariner Books, 2004
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (208.0)
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9780547527345
Language:
English
BRN:
449118
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| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eBook |