Native American Authors and Books

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  • The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West

    • ASIN: 1501168681
    • ISBN: 1501168681
    • Brand: Simon & Schuster
    • Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Pulitzer Prize–winning historian David McCullough rediscovers an important and dramatic chapter in the American story—the settling of the Northwest Territory by dauntless pioneers who overcame incredible hardships to build a community based on ideals that would come to define our country.As part of the Treaty of Par... [Read More]

  • The Journey of Crazy Horse: A Lakota History

    • ASIN: 0143036211
    • ISBN: 0143036211
    • Brand: Penguin Books
    • Manufacturer: Penguin Books

    Drawing on vivid oral histories, Joseph M. Marshall’s intimate biography introduces a never-before-seen portrait of Crazy Horse and his Lakota communityMost of the world remembers Crazy Horse as a peerless warrior who brought the U.S. Army to its knees at the Battle of Little Bighorn. But to his fellow Lakota Indians, he was a dutiful son and hum... [Read More]

  • The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

    • ASIN: 0316013692
    • ISBN: 9780316013697
    • Brand: Little Brown Young Readers
    • Manufacturer: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

    Bestselling author Sherman Alexie tells the story of Junior, a budding cartoonist growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation. Determined to take his future into his own hands, Junior leaves his troubled school on the rez to attend an all-white farm town high school where the only other Indian is the school mascot.Heartbreaking, funny, and beautif... [Read More]

  • There There

    • ASIN: 0525436146
    • ISBN: 0525436146
    • Manufacturer: Vintage

    National BestsellerOne of The New York Times 10 Best Books of the YearOne of the Best Books of the Year: The Washington Post, NPR, Time, O, The Oprah Magazine, The Dallas Morning News, GQ, Entertainment Weekly, BuzzFeed, San Francisco Chronicle, The Boston Globe  Winner of the PEN/Hemingway AwardWinner of the National Book Critics Circle John Leon... [Read More]

  • Best American Poetry 2017 (The Best American Poetry series)

    • ASIN: 1501127756
    • ISBN: 1501127756
    • Brand: Scribner
    • Manufacturer: Scribner

    Edited by Pulitzer Prize-winner and nineteenth US Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey, The Best American Poetry 2017 brings together the most notable poems of the year in the series that offers “a vivid snapshot of what a distinguished poet finds exciting, fresh, and memorable” (Robert Pinsky).Librarian of Congress James Billington says Natasha Tre... [Read More]

  • The Black Male Handbook: A Blueprint for Life

    • ASIN: 1416592245
    • ISBN: 1416592245
    • Brand: Atria Books
    • Manufacturer: Atria Books

    Author and activist Kevin Powell and contributors Lasana Omar Hotep, Jeff Johnson, Byron Hurt, Dr. William Jelani Cobb, Ryan Mack, Kendrick B. Nathaniel, and Dr. Andre L. Brown tap into the social and political climate rising in the African American community with this collection of essays for Black males on surviving, living, and winning.The Black... [Read More]

  • Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission

    • ASIN: 038549565X
    • ISBN: 038549565X
    • Brand: Anchor
    • Manufacturer: Anchor

    “The greatest World War II story never told” (Esquire)—an enthralling account of the heroic mission to rescue the last survivors of the Bataan Death March. On January 28, 1945, 121 hand-selected U.S. troops slipped behind enemy lines in the Philippines. Their mission: March thirty rugged miles to rescue 513 POWs languishing in a hellish camp... [Read More]

  • Land of Wolves: A Longmire Mystery (Walt Longmire Mysteries Book 15)

    • ASIN: B07N5JNR49
    • Manufacturer: Viking

    The new novel in Craig Johnson's beloved New York Times bestselling Longmire series."It's the scenery—and the big guy standing in front of the scenery—that keeps us coming back to Craig Johnson's lean and leathery mysteries." —The New York Times Book ReviewRecovering from his harrowing experiences in Mexico, Sheriff Walt Longmire returns to ... [Read More]

  • The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom (A Toltec Wisdom Book)

    • UPC: 078433147814
    • ASIN: 1878424319
    • ISBN: 9781878424310
    • Brand: Unknown
    • Manufacturer: Amber-Allen Publishing, Incorporated

  • The Sign of the Beaver

    • ASIN: 0547577117
    • ISBN: 9780547577111
    • Brand: HMH Books for Young Readers
    • Manufacturer: HMH Books for Young Readers

    Although he faces responsibility bravely, thirteen-year-old Matt is more than a little apprehensive when his father leaves him alone to guard their new cabin in the wilderness. When a renegade white stranger steals his gun, Matt realizes he has no way to shoot game or to protect himself. When Matt meets Attean, a boy in the Beaver clan, he begins t... [Read More]

  • Talking Leaves: Contemporary Native American Short Stories

    • ASIN: 0385312725
    • ISBN: 0385312725
    • Manufacturer: Dell Publishing

    Cherokee, Chippewa, Sioux, Navaho, Modoc . . . voices of Native Americans in stories uniquely their ownEach of these authors writes of what he or she knows best, of what is in their blood: the traditions of their cultures and the wounds of their hearts. From bestselling authors such as Louise Erdrich and N. Scott Momaday, to new voices such as Dian... [Read More]

  • Best American Short Stories 1994

    • ASIN: 0395681022
    • ISBN: 0395681022
    • Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

    The annual tribute to the short fiction form is especially strong for 1994 with a new generation of voices, including Christopher Tilghman, Thom Jones, and Carol Anshaw, with impressive debuts by Lan Samantha Chang and Carolyn Ferrell. Simultaneous.

  • The Last Castle: The Epic Story of Love, Loss, and American Royalty in the Nation's Largest Home

    • ASIN: B01CO34IQM
    • Manufacturer: Atria Books

    From the author of the New York Times bestseller The Girls of Atomic City comes the fascinating true story behind the magnificent Gilded Age mansion Biltmore—the largest, grandest residence ever built in the United States.Orphaned at a young age, Edith Stuyvesant Dresser claimed lineage from one of New York’s best known families. She grew up in... [Read More]

  • American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America

    • ASIN: 0143122029
    • ISBN: 9780143122029
    • Brand: Penguin Books
    • Manufacturer: Penguin Books

    • A New Republic Best Book of the Year • The Globalist Top Books of the Year • Winner of the Maine Literary Award for Non-fiction •Particularly relevant in understanding who voted for who in this presidential election year, this is an endlessly fascinating look at American regionalism and the eleven “nations” that continue to shape ... [Read More]

  • Defining Moments in Black History: Reading Between the Lies

    • ASIN: 0062448692
    • ISBN: 0062448692
    • Manufacturer: Amistad

    NAACP 2017 Image Award WinnerWith his trademark acerbic wit, incisive humor, and infectious paranoia, one of our foremost comedians and most politically engaged civil rights activists looks back at 100 key events from the complicated history of black America.A friend of luminaries including Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Medgar Evers, and the fore... [Read More]

  • Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder

    • ASIN: 1627792767
    • ISBN: 1627792767
    • Brand: Metropolitan Books
    • Manufacturer: Metropolitan Books

  • Behold the Dreamers (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel

    • ASIN: 0525509712
    • ISBN: 0525509712
    • Brand: Random House Trade Paperbacks
    • Manufacturer: Random House Trade Paperbacks

  • Family of Lies

    • ASIN: B00ONTS63C
    • Manufacturer: Dafina

    New York Times bestselling author Mary Monroe weaves a stunning portrait of a family immersed in deceit--and the women whose happiness depends on the secrets they keep. . .After growing up poor in Texas, Vera Lomax used every gold-digging trick in the book to land a rich husband. Now living in luxury in San Francisco, her only job is to fawn over h... [Read More]

  • Flight of the Sparrow: A Novel of Early America

    • ASIN: B00G3L13DS
    • Manufacturer: Berkley

    “A compelling, emotionally gripping”* novel of historical fiction—perfect for readers of America’s First Daughter.Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1676. Even before Mary Rowlandson was captured by Indians on a winter day of violence and terror, she sometimes found herself in conflict with her rigid Puritan community. Now, her home destroyed, her c... [Read More]

  • Things Fall Apart

    • ASIN: 0385474547
    • ISBN: 0385474547
    • Brand: Anchor
    • Manufacturer: Penguin Books

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