Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 198 pages) : illustrations |
Series |
American Indian lives |
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American Indian lives.
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Contents |
1. Of Seeds 1 -- 2. From Winds 15 -- 3. When Fire and Water Meet 45 -- 4. Ashes 69 -- 5. Back to the Lands 95 -- 6. Oceans, Rivers 123 -- 7. Crossings 161 |
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 |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
Subject |
Hedge Coke, Allison Adelle.
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SUBJECT |
Coke, Allison Hedge
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Hedge Coke, Allison Adelle fast |
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Poets, American -- 20th century -- Biography
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Children of schizophrenics -- United States -- Biography
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Indian activists -- United States -- Biography
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College teachers -- United States -- Biography
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Indian women -- United States -- Biography
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Indian poets -- United States -- Biography
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POETRY -- American -- General.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary.
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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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