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Coldsmith, Don, 1926-
Subjects
Dakota Indians -- Fiction.
Teton Indians -- Fiction.
Indians of North America -- Fiction.
Indian athletes -- Fiction.
Wild west shows -- Fiction.
Olympics -- Fiction.
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Coldsmith, Don, 1926-
Dakota Indians -- Fiction.
Teton Indians -- Fiction.
Indians of North America -- Fiction.
Indian athletes -- Fiction.
Wild west shows -- Fiction.
Olympics -- Fiction.
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The
long
journey
home
/ Don Coldsmith.
by
Coldsmith, Don, 1926-
Forge, c2001.
Call #:
FICTION COL
Subjects
Dakota Indians -- Fiction.
Teton Indians -- Fiction.
Indians of North America -- Fiction.
Indian athletes -- Fiction.
Wild west shows -- Fiction.
Olympics -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9780312876173 (hc.)
0312876173 (hc.)
0812578724 (pbk.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
501 p. ; 17 cm.
Notes:
"A Tom Doherty Associates book."
Summary:
"John Buffalo, a Lakota Sioux, is taken from his family and his
home
as a young boy and is forced into the White man's world. Buffalo's teachers soon recognize his extraordinary athletic potential and push him to train for track and field events. Accepting this as a way to integrate into the White man's world, Buffalo sets his sights on competing in the Olympics. Along the way Buffalo meets a variety of early-twentieth-century celebrities including Theodore Roosevelt, James Naismith, Tim McCoy, and even Jesse Owens, the African-American gold medal winner snubbed by Hitler at the 1936 Olympics. The
Long
Journey
Home
is beautifully written historical fiction that is sometimes heart wrenching, sometimes hilarious, and always poignantly accurate. It is a heartfelt story about love, self, and the reality of
home
."--Fantastic Fiction website.
Genre:
Historical fiction.
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