| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xi, 315 pages : genealogical table ; 22 cm |
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Men lcdgt |
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Americans lcdgt |
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Indigenous people of America lcdgt |
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Oklahomans lcdgt |
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University and college faculty members lcdgt |
| Note |
"This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso. |
| Summary |
"'Wandering Stars' traces the legacies of the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864 and the Carlisle Industrial School for Indians through to the shattering aftermath of Orvil Redfeather's shooting in 'There There'"-- Provided by publisher. |
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"Colorado, 1864, Star, a young survivor of the Sand Creek Massacre, is brought to the Fort Marion prison-castle, where he is forced to learn English and practice Christianity by Richard Henry Pratt, an evangelical prison guard who will go on to found the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, an institution dedicated to the eradication of Native history, culture, and identity. A generation later, Star's son, Charles, is sent to the school, where he is brutalized by the man who was once his father's jailer. Under Pratt's harsh treatment, Charles clings to moments he shares with a young fellow student, Opal Viola, as the two envision a future away from the institutional violence that follows their bloodlines. In a novel that is by turns shattering and wondrous, Tommy Orange has conjured the ancestors of the family readers first fell in love with in 'There There' -- warriors, drunks, outlaws, addicts -- asking what it means to be the children and grandchildren of massacre. 'Wandering Stars' is a novel about epigenetic and generational trauma that has the force and vision of a modern epic, an exceptionally powerful new book from one of the most exciting writers at work today and soaring confirmation of Tommy Orange's monumental gifts." -- Jacket flap. |
| Contents |
Prologue -- Part One. Before (1924). Jude Star (Winter). Young ghosts ; Life masks ; A son ; Into another life -- Richard Henry Pratt and Charles Star (Spring). An honest lunatic ; Over there ; San Francisco ; Nape ; No better plan ; Everything blue -- Opal Viola (Summer). Bloom -- Victoria Bear Shield (Fall). Victory! -- Part Two. Aftermath (2018). How to fly ; What were drugs ; The other Fruitvale ; The only thing alive ; Superblood ; Restoration ; Who can say Indian? ; The box ; Double A ; Birthday ; The cut people ; Blanx ; Gray area ; Rave ; Alcatraz ; Doubled up inside ; Too many seasons ; Just wait ; Ocean Beach ; The black blooms -- Part Three. Futures. Rehab ; Dead letter mail. |
| Subject |
Sand Creek Massacre, Colo., 1864 -- Fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction (OCoLC)fst01423787
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| Subject |
Native Americans -- North America -- Fiction.
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Social problem fiction.
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Historical fiction.
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Novels.
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Fiction.
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Fictional Work (DNLM)D022922
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| Subject |
Sand Creek Massacre, Colo., 1864
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Sand Creek Massacre, Colo., 1864 -- Fiction.
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United States Indian School (Carlisle, Pa.) -- Fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Novels (OCoLC)fst01921742
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Conflict of generations -- Fiction.
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Generational trauma -- Fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Historical fiction.
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| Local Subject |
Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Fiction.
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| Subject |
Epigenetics -- Fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Social problem fiction.
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Indians of North America (OCoLC)fst00969633
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Off-reservation boarding schools -- Fiction.
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Indians of North America -- Fiction.
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Mass shootings -- Fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Historical fiction.
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| Added Author |
Sequel to: Orange, Tommy, 1982-
There there.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Orange, Tommy, 1982- Wandering stars First edition. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2024 9780593318263 (DLC) 2023016050 |
| ISBN |
9780593318256 (hardcover) |
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0593318250 (hardcover) |
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9780593318263 (electronic book) |
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