Published 2003
by National Geographic in Washington, D.C .
Written in English
Edition Notes
| Statement | Louise Erdrich. |
| Genre | Biography. |
| Series | National Geographic directions |
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | E99.C6 E63 2003 |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | 143 p. : |
| Number of Pages | 143 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL3684502M |
| ISBN 10 | 0792257197 |
| LC Control Number | 2003045906 |
In Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country, Erdrich takes us on an illuminating tour through the terrain her ancestors have inhabited for centuries: the lakes and islands of southern Ontario. Summoning to life the Ojibwe's sacred spirits and songs, their language and sorrows, she considers the many ways in which her tribe—whose name derives from the word ozhibii'ige, "to write"—have /5(6). Somewhere on Rainy Lake, which borders Minnesota and Canada and reaches further north into the wilderness, there is one island among that has on it o books. An Ojibwe bibliophile collected these over the course of a long life. Now, if you've ever paddled in the Boundary Waters Wilderness, or if you ever do, think about that/5. A blend of history, mythology, and memoir, Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country is an enchanting meditation on modern life, natural splendor, and the ancient spirituality and creativity of Erdrich's native homeland—a long, elemental tradition of storytelling that is in her blood. In Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country, Erdrich takes us on an illuminating tour through the terrain her ancestors have inhabited for centuries: the lakes and islands of southern Ontario. Summoning to life the Ojibwe's sacred spirits and songs, their language and sorrows, she considers the many ways in which her tribewhose name derives from.
Get this from a library! Books and islands in Ojibwe country. [Louise Erdrich] -- For more than twenty years Louise Erdrich has dazzled readers with the intricately wrought, deeply poetic novels which have won her a place among today's finest writers. Her nonfiction is equally. Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country Erdrich Louise. Year: Language: english. ISBN ISBN Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books you've read. Whether you've loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are. BOOKS AND ISLANDS IN OJIBWE COUNTRY by Louise Erdrich Author Louise Erdrich was a teenager when she slept in a football field, by herself, looking up at the stars in the Great Plains skies. This event was tantamount to a rite of passage into adulthood, from a “difficult” childhood. In Books & Islands in Ojibwe Country Erdrich compellingly writes about the Ojibwe spirits and songs, language, and sorrows that have passed down through generations. Erdrich later travels to Rainy Lake, to an island of real books, the world of an exuberant eccentric and close friend to the Ojibwe, who established an extraordinary library there a hundred years by:
Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country is the story of Louise Erdrich’s trip from Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Lake of the Woods. The book is a personal narrative as she explores the region in which her ancestors lived, loved, and died as well as a trip of personal growth, learning, and connecting to the land and waters. Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country (Book): Erdrich, Louise. Books & Islands In Ojibwe Country by Erdrich, Louise (ebook) Books & Islands In Ojibwe Country: Traveling Through the Land of my Ancestors by Louise Erdrich. For more than twenty years Louise Erdrich has dazzled readers with the intricately wrought, deeply poetic novels which have won her a place among today's finest writers. Her nonfiction is equally eloquent, and this lovely memoir offers a vivid . In Books & Islands in Ojibwe Country Erdrich compellingly writes about the Ojibwe spirits and songs, language, and sorrows that have passed down through generations.
