Extra Indians Eric Gansworth

Extra Indians

Author: Eric Gansworth
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Book Title
Extra Indians
Author
Eric Gansworth
ISBN
9781571310798
Every winter, Tommy Jack McMorsey watches the meteor showers in northern Minnesota. On the long haul from Texas to Minnesota, Tommy encounters a deluded Japanese tourist determined to find the buried ransom money from the movie Fargo. When the Japanese tourist dies of exposure in Tommy Jack's care, a media storm erupts and sets off a series of journeys into Tommy Jack's past as he remembers the horrors of Vietnam, a love affair, and the suicide of his closest friend, Fred Howkowski. Exploring with great insight and wit the ways images, stereotypes, and depictions intersect with, Extra Indians offers a powerful glimpse into contemporary Native American life.Binding Type: PaperbackAuthor: Eric GansworthPublisher: Milkweed EditionsPublished: 11/01/2010ISBN: 9781571310798Pages: 317Weight: 0.96lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.75dAward: New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association Award - WinnerReview Citations: Publishers Weekly 08/02/2010Library Journal 09/01/2010 pg. 98Booklist 10/01/2010 pg. 28New York Times Book Review 12/12/2010 pg. 24Foreword 10/17/2010
Every winter, Tommy Jack McMorsey watches the meteor showers in northern Minnesota. On the long haul from Texas to Minnesota, Tommy encounters a deluded Japanese tourist determined to find the buried ransom money from the movie Fargo. When the Japanese tourist dies of exposure in Tommy Jack's care, a media storm erupts and sets off a series of journeys into Tommy Jack's past as he remembers the horrors of Vietnam, a love affair, and the suicide of his closest friend, Fred Howkowski. Exploring with great insight and wit the ways images, stereotypes, and depictions intersect with, Extra Indians offers a powerful glimpse into contemporary Native American life.

Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Eric Gansworth
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
Published: 11/01/2010
ISBN: 9781571310798
Pages: 317
Weight: 0.96lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.75d
Award: New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association Award - Winner

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 08/02/2010
Library Journal 09/01/2010 pg. 98
Booklist 10/01/2010 pg. 28
New York Times Book Review 12/12/2010 pg. 24
Foreword 10/17/2010
Every winter, Tommy Jack McMorsey watches the meteor showers in northern Minnesota. On the long haul from Texas to Minnesota, Tommy encounters a deluded Japanese tourist determined to find the buried ransom money from the movie Fargo. When the Japanese tourist dies of exposure in Tommy Jack's care, a media storm erupts and sets off a series of journeys into Tommy Jack's past as he remembers the horrors of Vietnam, a love affair, and the suicide of his closest friend, Fred Howkowski. Exploring with great insight and wit the ways images, stereotypes, and depictions intersect with, Extra Indians offers a powerful glimpse into contemporary Native American life.

Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Eric Gansworth
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
Published: 11/01/2010
ISBN: 9781571310798
Pages: 317
Weight: 0.96lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.75d
Award: New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association Award - Winner

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 08/02/2010
Library Journal 09/01/2010 pg. 98
Booklist 10/01/2010 pg. 28
New York Times Book Review 12/12/2010 pg. 24
Foreword 10/17/2010