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Author:

Walker, Frank X., 1961-

Title:

When winter come : the ascension of York / Frank X. Walker.

Publisher:

University Press of Kentucky,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

117 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

York,--approximately 1775-approximately 1815--Poetry.
Lewis and Clark Expedition--(1804-1806)--Poetry.
West (U.S.)--Discovery and exploration--Poetry.
African American men--Poetry.
Explorers--Poetry.
Slaves--Poetry.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:

Opening -- Role call -- Homecoming -- The melting -- The great inquisition -- pt. 1. In the name a the Father -- How the river like a snake -- The river speaks -- Watkuweis speaks -- Without Bibles -- Whupped -- Like a virgin -- Like raven from head to toe -- Art of seduction -- Quiet storm -- Lovers' moon -- Midnight ride -- Circle a gifts -- Forsaking all others -- Meteorology -- False impressions -- Praise song -- Hunters' code -- Signifying -- Settling debts -- Learning curve -- Concentric -- Common ground -- How to say goodbye to the ocean -- Cutting back -- To honor and obey -- Primer II -- pt. 2. Ananse returns -- Rose and York's wife debate the merits of love -- Whiskey talks -- Real medicine -- Praying feets -- Murmuration -- How I know Mamma out there watching -- Wordsmith -- Devil's Tower and the Big Dipper -- Power a torch -- Red, light, and blue -- Field up -- Rose shows her thorns -- Summer a peace -- A new York -- Dream catcher -- pt. 3. End a the song -- Say my name -- Unwelcome guest -- The sunflower seed oil conjure -- Chapel a love -- To have and to hold -- Real costs -- Seeing is believing -- pt. 4. Prenupt agreement -- Master of his own domain -- Five things I don't know -- Homing signals -- Too many wifes and none -- Brotherly love -- Many voices -- Irreconcilable differences -- Lessons and ghosts -- Queer behavior -- Til death do us part -- Weighing a the heart -- Umatilla prophecy -- Gye Nyame -- Vision quest III -- Like heroes -- Time line -- Another Trek : York's Nez Perce Legacy.

Summary:

A sequel to the award-winning Buffalo Dance, Frank X Walker's When Winter Come: The Ascension of York is a dramatic reimagining of Lewis and Clark's legendary exploration of the American West. Grounded in the history of the famous trip, Walker's vibrant account allows York -- little more than a forgotten footnote in traditional narratives -- to embody the full range of human ability, knowledge, emotion, and experience.--Author's website.

Series:

Kentucky voices

ISBN:

0813124832 (acid-free paper)
9780813124834 (acid-free paper)
081319184X (pbk. : acid-free paper)
9780813191843 (pbk. : acid-free paper) :

OCLC:

(OCoLC)171049877

LCCN:

2007037305

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)