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Author:
Gavaler, Chris.
Title:
School for tricksters : a novel in stories / Chris Gavaler.
Edition:
1st ed.
Publisher:
Southern Methodist University Press,
Copyright Date:
2011
Description:
228 p. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Buffalo Child Long Lance,--1890-1932--Fiction.
Thorpe, Jim,--1887-1953--Fiction.
United States Indian School (Carlisle, Pa.)--Fiction.
Off-reservation boarding schools--Carlisle--Carlisle--Fiction.
Indians of North America--Cultural assimilation--Fiction.
Contents:
Education -- Sylvester becomes an Indian -- Ivy stands on a bridge -- Sylvester loses his virginity -- Ivy works for strangers -- Sylvester runs in circles -- Ivy is accosted -- Sylvester pretends to search for a missing child -- Ivy wants to go home -- Assimilation -- Ivy's father tells the truth -- Sylvester makes a name for himself -- Big Jim becomes his father -- The greatest all-around athlete in modern history adds a word -- Phyllis Thaxter becomes Ivy Miller -- Sports illustrated interviews Marianne Moore -- Sylvester goes home -- Coda: Ivy poses.
ISBN:
0870745638 (alk. paper)
9780870745638 (alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)634743091
LCCN:
2010022462
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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