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Title
Wandering stars / Tommy Orange.
Author
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780593318256 (hardcover)
0593318250 (hardcover)
9780593318263 (electronic book)
0593318250 (hardcover)
9780593318263 (electronic book)
Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2024]
Language
English
Description
xi, 315 pages : genealogical table ; 22 cm
Call Number
PS 3615.R32 W36 2024
Dewey Decimal Classification
813/.6
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.
"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.
"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.
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"This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso.
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Table of 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.
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.