Title:
The broken cord / Michael Dorris ; with a foreword by Louise Erdrich.
ISBN:
9780060916824
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : HarperPerennial, 1990.
Physical Description:
xx, 300 pages ; 21 cm
General Note:
Originally pub. in hbk.: Harper & Row, 1989.
Summary:
Author Michael Dorris explains how traditions of spirit and memory weave through the lives of many Native Americans and how alcoholism and despair have shattered so many lives. Also chronicles the effects of fetal alcohol syndrome on their adopted son and on the Native American community as a whole.
Program Information:
Reading Counts RC High School 10 32 Quiz: 01590 Guided reading level: NR.
Audience:
1320L Lexile
OCLC Number:
ocm22771561
Availability:
Eagan - Wescott~1
