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The night watchman : a novel / Louise Erdrich.
It is 1953. Thomas Wazhushk is the night watchman at the first factory to open near the Turtle Mountain Reservation in rural North Dakota. He is also a prominent Chippewa Council member, trying to understand a new bill that is soon to be put before Congress. The US Government calls it an 'emancipation' bill; but it isn't about freedom--it threatens the rights of Native Americans to their land, their very identity. How can he fight this betrayal? Unlike most of the girls on the reservation, Pixie 'Patrice' Paranteau has no desire to wear herself down on a husband and kids. She works at the factory, earning barely enough to support her mother and brother, let alone her alcoholic father who sometimes returns home to bully her for money. But Patrice needs every penny if she's ever going to get to Minnesota to find her missing sister Vera. In The Night Watchman multi-award winning author Louise Erdrich weaves together a story of past and future generations, of preservation and progress. She grapples with the worst and best impulses of human nature, illuminating the loves and lives, desires and ambitions of her characters with compassion, wit and intelligence.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780062671189 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 0062671189 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 9780062671196
- Physical Description: 451 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020]
- Copyright: ©2020
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| Genre: | Historical fiction. |
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- 7 of 8 copies available at York County Libraries.
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- 0 current holds with 8 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Collinsville Community Library | Adults ERD Fiction (Text) | 34259000483364 | Adult Area | Available | - |
| Dillsburg Area Public Library | Adults ERD Fiction (Text) | 34001001371416 | Adult Area | Available | - |
| Dover Area Community Library | Adults ERD Fiction (Text) | 34217000827592 | Adult Area | Available | - |
| Glatfelter Memorial Library | Adults ERD Fiction (Text) | 34216000993487 | Adult Area | Available | - |
| Guthrie Memorial Library: Hanover's Public Library | Adults ERD Fiction (Text)
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Plated 2020: In Memory of Mr. C.E. Bechtel
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34007002407679 | Adult Area | Available | - |
| Martin Library | Adults ERD Fiction (Text) | 33454005758636 | Reading Room Balcony | Checked Out | 04/25/2024 |
| Mason-Dixon Public Library | Adults ERD Fiction (Text) | 34262000895272 | Main Room | Available | - |
| Paul Smith Library of Southern York County | Adults ERD Fiction (Text) | 34318001160205 | Adult Area | Available | - |
Summary:
It is 1953. Thomas Wazhushk is the night watchman at the first factory to open near the Turtle Mountain Reservation in rural North Dakota. He is also a prominent Chippewa Council member, trying to understand a new bill that is soon to be put before Congress. The US Government calls it an 'emancipation' bill; but it isn't about freedom--it threatens the rights of Native Americans to their land, their very identity. How can he fight this betrayal? Unlike most of the girls on the reservation, Pixie 'Patrice' Paranteau has no desire to wear herself down on a husband and kids. She works at the factory, earning barely enough to support her mother and brother, let alone her alcoholic father who sometimes returns home to bully her for money. But Patrice needs every penny if she's ever going to get to Minnesota to find her missing sister Vera. In The Night Watchman multi-award winning author Louise Erdrich weaves together a story of past and future generations, of preservation and progress. She grapples with the worst and best impulses of human nature, illuminating the loves and lives, desires and ambitions of her characters with compassion, wit and intelligence.
