| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 198 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
American Indian lives |
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American Indian lives.
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| Contents |
Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Of Seeds; Chapter 2 From Winds; Chapter 3 When Fire and Water Meet; Chapter 4 Ashes; Chapter 5 Back to the Lands; Chapter 6 Oceans, Rivers; Chapter 7 Crossings |
| Summary |
"A name creates life patterns," Allison Adelle Hedge Coke writes, "which form and shape a life; my life, like my name, must have been formed many times over then handed to me to realize." Rock, Ghost, Willow, Deer is Hedge Coke's narrative of that realization, the award-winning poet and writer's searching account of her life as a mixed-blood woman coming of age off-reservation, yet deeply immersed in her Cherokee and Huron heritage. In a style at once elliptical and achingly clear, Hedge Coke describes her schizophrenic mother and the abuse that often overshadowed her childhood; the torments visited upon her, the rape and physical violence; and those she inflicted on herself, the alcohol and drug abuse. Yet she managed to survive with her dreams and her will, her sense of wonder and promise undiminished |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Coke, Allison Hedge
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| SUBJECT |
Coke, Allison Hedge
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Hedge Coke, Allison Adelle fast |
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Children of schizophrenics -- United States -- Biography
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College teachers -- United States -- Biography
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Indian activists -- United States -- Biography
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Indian poets -- United States -- Biography
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Indian women -- United States -- Biography
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Poets, American -- 20th century -- Biography
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Children of schizophrenics
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College teachers
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Indian activists
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Indian poets
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Indian women
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Poets, American
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2003019699 |
| ISBN |
0803204086 |
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9780803204089 |
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1280374292 |
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9781280374296 |
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9786610374298 |
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6610374295 |
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