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Genre/Form: | Christian fiction Fiction Biographical fiction Humorous fiction Musical fiction Novels Romans |
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Named Person: | Robert Johnson; Robert Johnson |
Material Type: | Fiction |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Sherman Alexie |
ISBN: | 0871135949 9780871135940 0802141900 9780802141903 |
OCLC Number: | 31608395 |
Awards: | American Book Award, 1996. |
Description: | 306 pages ; 24 cm |
Responsibility: | Sherman Alexie. |
Abstract:
The rise to fame of Coyote Springs, an all-Indian rock-and-roll band, tracing its journey from a Spokane reservation all the way to New York. A humorous exploration of serious subjects: the effect of Christianity on Native Americans, cultural assimilation and its impact on relations between Indian men and Indian women. By the author of The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven.
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Washington Reads (Summer 2007) Selection
The novel, which won the American Book Award in 1996, is a poignant look at the rise and fall of an Indian rock band, Coyote Springs, and the people and spirits that surround it. The book has a wonderfully subtle sense of humor, as well as insight into religious, political and social issues on the reservation...
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The novel, which won the American Book Award in 1996, is a poignant look at the rise and fall of an Indian rock band, Coyote Springs, and the people and spirits that surround it. The book has a wonderfully subtle sense of humor, as well as insight into religious, political and social issues on the reservation and beyond.For further information about the Washington State Library Washington Reads program, see our website at http://www.secstate.wa.gov/library/wa_reads.aspx
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- Johnson, Robert, -- 1911-1938 -- Fiction.
- Indian rock musicians -- Fiction.
- Indian reservations -- Fiction.
- Spokane Indians -- Fiction.
- Spokane Indian Reservation (Wash.) -- Fiction.
- Washington (State) -- Fiction.
- Indians of North America -- Washington (State) -- Fiction.
- American Indians -- Reservations.
- American Indians -- Spokane.
- American Indians -- Fiction.
- Johnson, Robert, -- 1911-1938
- Indian reservations.
- Indian rock musicians.
- Spokane Indians.
- Washington (State)
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