Author: Keith B. Zacharias
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1462033237
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
This is the third book to be written and published but the beginning book of the trilogy Tales of the Sheyenne, which sequences the lives of four generations of an Indian maiden, Little Feather, who married a Danish fur trapper turned farmer, Hans Olufsen, in the 1850s. The principals of the stories lived along the Sheyenne River Valley near what is now Kathryn, North Dakota. I grew up on the family farm near Kathryn, North Dakota, homesteaded by my great grandfather. I and my three brothers worked on the farmthe fourth generation to do so; two of them still farm it. After college I moved on to computer programming and worked as a computer auditor for Texaco and later for ABB. I led my group of programmers to develop world-class audit software that essentially audited the company databases, looking for exceptions and errors. These jobs took me to many places in the USA, Europe, South and Central America, and the Middle East. Retired in Houston, I now have time to write, travel, and visit family and grandchildren. My wife, Claudia, and I have taken cruises around much of the world including Asia (2008) and South America and Antarctica (2009). Also, in years past, we have been to the Baltic States, Russia, Greece, the Caribbean, and the countries bordering the Black Sea.
Mothers from the Great Plains, Fathers from Europe
Author: Keith B. Zacharias
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1462033237
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
This is the third book to be written and published but the beginning book of the trilogy Tales of the Sheyenne, which sequences the lives of four generations of an Indian maiden, Little Feather, who married a Danish fur trapper turned farmer, Hans Olufsen, in the 1850s. The principals of the stories lived along the Sheyenne River Valley near what is now Kathryn, North Dakota. I grew up on the family farm near Kathryn, North Dakota, homesteaded by my great grandfather. I and my three brothers worked on the farmthe fourth generation to do so; two of them still farm it. After college I moved on to computer programming and worked as a computer auditor for Texaco and later for ABB. I led my group of programmers to develop world-class audit software that essentially audited the company databases, looking for exceptions and errors. These jobs took me to many places in the USA, Europe, South and Central America, and the Middle East. Retired in Houston, I now have time to write, travel, and visit family and grandchildren. My wife, Claudia, and I have taken cruises around much of the world including Asia (2008) and South America and Antarctica (2009). Also, in years past, we have been to the Baltic States, Russia, Greece, the Caribbean, and the countries bordering the Black Sea.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1462033237
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
This is the third book to be written and published but the beginning book of the trilogy Tales of the Sheyenne, which sequences the lives of four generations of an Indian maiden, Little Feather, who married a Danish fur trapper turned farmer, Hans Olufsen, in the 1850s. The principals of the stories lived along the Sheyenne River Valley near what is now Kathryn, North Dakota. I grew up on the family farm near Kathryn, North Dakota, homesteaded by my great grandfather. I and my three brothers worked on the farmthe fourth generation to do so; two of them still farm it. After college I moved on to computer programming and worked as a computer auditor for Texaco and later for ABB. I led my group of programmers to develop world-class audit software that essentially audited the company databases, looking for exceptions and errors. These jobs took me to many places in the USA, Europe, South and Central America, and the Middle East. Retired in Houston, I now have time to write, travel, and visit family and grandchildren. My wife, Claudia, and I have taken cruises around much of the world including Asia (2008) and South America and Antarctica (2009). Also, in years past, we have been to the Baltic States, Russia, Greece, the Caribbean, and the countries bordering the Black Sea.
Mothers from the Great Plains, Fathers from Europe
Author: Keith B. Zacharias
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781462033225
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
This is the third book to be written and published but the beginning book of the trilogy '"Tales of the Sheyenne," ' which sequences the lives of four generations of an Indian maiden, Little Feather, who married a Danish fur trapper turned farmer, Hans Olufsen, in the 1850's. The principals of the stories lived along the Sheyenne River Valley near what is now Kathryn, North Dakota. I grew up on the family farm near Kathryn, North Dakota, homesteaded by my great grandfather. I and my three brothers worked on the farm-the fourth generation to do so; two of them still farm it. After college I moved on to computer programming and worked as a computer auditor for Texaco and later for ABB. I led my group of programmers to develop world-class audit software that essentially audited the company databases, looking for exceptions and errors. These jobs took me to many places in the USA, Europe, South and Central America, and the Middle East. Retired in Houston, I now have time to write, travel, and visit family and grandchildren. My wife, Claudia, and I have taken cruises around much of the world including Asia (2008) and South America and Antarctica (2009). Also, in years past, we have been to the Baltic States, Russia, Greece, the Caribbean, and the countries bordering the Black Sea.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781462033225
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
This is the third book to be written and published but the beginning book of the trilogy '"Tales of the Sheyenne," ' which sequences the lives of four generations of an Indian maiden, Little Feather, who married a Danish fur trapper turned farmer, Hans Olufsen, in the 1850's. The principals of the stories lived along the Sheyenne River Valley near what is now Kathryn, North Dakota. I grew up on the family farm near Kathryn, North Dakota, homesteaded by my great grandfather. I and my three brothers worked on the farm-the fourth generation to do so; two of them still farm it. After college I moved on to computer programming and worked as a computer auditor for Texaco and later for ABB. I led my group of programmers to develop world-class audit software that essentially audited the company databases, looking for exceptions and errors. These jobs took me to many places in the USA, Europe, South and Central America, and the Middle East. Retired in Houston, I now have time to write, travel, and visit family and grandchildren. My wife, Claudia, and I have taken cruises around much of the world including Asia (2008) and South America and Antarctica (2009). Also, in years past, we have been to the Baltic States, Russia, Greece, the Caribbean, and the countries bordering the Black Sea.
The Birchbark House
Author: Louise Erdrich
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0063064189
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
This National Book Award finalist by Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Louise Erdrich is the first installment in an essential nine-book series chronicling 100 years in the life of one Ojibwe family, and includes beautiful interior black-and-white artwork done by the author. She was named Omakayas, or Little Frog, because her first step was a hop. Omakayas and her family live on an island in Lake Superior. Though there are growing numbers of white people encroaching on their land, life continues much as it always has. But the satisfying rhythms of their life are shattered when a visitor comes to their lodge one winter night, bringing with him an invisible enemy that will change things forever—but that will eventually lead Omakayas to discover her calling. By turns moving and humorous, this novel is a breathtaking tour de force by a gifted writer. The beloved and essential Birchbark House series by Louise Erdrich includes The Birchbark House, The Game of Silence, The Porcupine Year, Chickadee, and Makoons.
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0063064189
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
This National Book Award finalist by Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Louise Erdrich is the first installment in an essential nine-book series chronicling 100 years in the life of one Ojibwe family, and includes beautiful interior black-and-white artwork done by the author. She was named Omakayas, or Little Frog, because her first step was a hop. Omakayas and her family live on an island in Lake Superior. Though there are growing numbers of white people encroaching on their land, life continues much as it always has. But the satisfying rhythms of their life are shattered when a visitor comes to their lodge one winter night, bringing with him an invisible enemy that will change things forever—but that will eventually lead Omakayas to discover her calling. By turns moving and humorous, this novel is a breathtaking tour de force by a gifted writer. The beloved and essential Birchbark House series by Louise Erdrich includes The Birchbark House, The Game of Silence, The Porcupine Year, Chickadee, and Makoons.
Encyclopedia of the Great Plains
Author: David J. Wishart
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803247871
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 962
Book Description
"Wishart and the staff of the Center for Great Plains Studies have compiled a wide-ranging (pun intended) encyclopedia of this important region. Their objective was to 'give definition to a region that has traditionally been poorly defined,' and they have
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803247871
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 962
Book Description
"Wishart and the staff of the Center for Great Plains Studies have compiled a wide-ranging (pun intended) encyclopedia of this important region. Their objective was to 'give definition to a region that has traditionally been poorly defined,' and they have
Restoring Power to Parents and Places
Author: Richard S. Kordesh
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1462048730
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
To progress successfully through all of their stages of development, children need to grow up in good communities. Good communities do not occur without viable, productive families. In Restoring Power to Parents and Places, author Richard Kordesh makes a compelling call for the productive familys renewal and provides creative steps for parents, professionals, and policymakers to take to strengthen communities around all children. Kordeshs experiences as a planner, professor, and father, have taught him that productive families are vitally important to the creation of good communities around children. He details historically, and with contemporary examples, the forces in our society that place stresses on families in all sectors. Restoring Power to Parents and Places presents a pointed critique of economic and political forces that have harmed families, but it also offers practical suggestions for action by parents, community leaders, community development and planning professionals, and governments at the local, state, and federal levels. Restoring Power to Parents and Places celebrates the productive potentials of a familys habitat, and it provides tools for empowering familiesgiving them more time and ability to raise their children.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1462048730
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
To progress successfully through all of their stages of development, children need to grow up in good communities. Good communities do not occur without viable, productive families. In Restoring Power to Parents and Places, author Richard Kordesh makes a compelling call for the productive familys renewal and provides creative steps for parents, professionals, and policymakers to take to strengthen communities around all children. Kordeshs experiences as a planner, professor, and father, have taught him that productive families are vitally important to the creation of good communities around children. He details historically, and with contemporary examples, the forces in our society that place stresses on families in all sectors. Restoring Power to Parents and Places presents a pointed critique of economic and political forces that have harmed families, but it also offers practical suggestions for action by parents, community leaders, community development and planning professionals, and governments at the local, state, and federal levels. Restoring Power to Parents and Places celebrates the productive potentials of a familys habitat, and it provides tools for empowering familiesgiving them more time and ability to raise their children.
The Fictions of Stephen Graham Jones
Author: Billy J. Stratton
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
ISBN: 0826357695
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Even as Stephen Graham Jones generates a dizzying range of brilliant fiction, his work remains strikingly absent from scholarly conversations about Native and western American literature, owing in part to his unapologetic embrace of popular genres such as horror and science fiction. Steeped in dense narrative references, literary and historical allusions, and experimental postmodern stylings, his fiction informs a broad array of literary and popular conversations. The Fictions of Stephen Graham Jones is the first collection of scholarship on Jones’s ever-expanding oeuvre. The diverse methodologies that inform these essays—from Native American critical theory to poststructuralism and gothic noirism—illuminate the unique complexity of Jones’s narrative worlds while positioning his works within broader conversations in literary studies and popular culture. Jones challenges at every turn the notions of what constitutes Native American literature and what it means to be a Native American writer. Contributing editor Billy J. Stratton foregrounds these heavily contested questions and their ongoing relevance to readers and critics alike.
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
ISBN: 0826357695
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Even as Stephen Graham Jones generates a dizzying range of brilliant fiction, his work remains strikingly absent from scholarly conversations about Native and western American literature, owing in part to his unapologetic embrace of popular genres such as horror and science fiction. Steeped in dense narrative references, literary and historical allusions, and experimental postmodern stylings, his fiction informs a broad array of literary and popular conversations. The Fictions of Stephen Graham Jones is the first collection of scholarship on Jones’s ever-expanding oeuvre. The diverse methodologies that inform these essays—from Native American critical theory to poststructuralism and gothic noirism—illuminate the unique complexity of Jones’s narrative worlds while positioning his works within broader conversations in literary studies and popular culture. Jones challenges at every turn the notions of what constitutes Native American literature and what it means to be a Native American writer. Contributing editor Billy J. Stratton foregrounds these heavily contested questions and their ongoing relevance to readers and critics alike.
History of Sacramento County, California
Author: G. Walter Reed
Publisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN: 5882301335
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 929
Book Description
Publisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN: 5882301335
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 929
Book Description
The Oxford Handbook of American Indian History
Author: Frederick E. Hoxie
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190614021
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
"Everything you know about Indians is wrong." As the provocative title of Paul Chaat Smith's 2009 book proclaims, everyone knows about Native Americans, but most of what they know is the fruit of stereotypes and vague images. The real people, real communities, and real events of indigenous America continue to elude most people. The Oxford Handbook of American Indian History confronts this erroneous view by presenting an accurate and comprehensive history of the indigenous peoples who lived-and live-in the territory that became the United States. Thirty-two leading experts, both Native and non-Native, describe the historical developments of the past 500 years in American Indian history, focusing on significant moments of upheaval and change, histories of indigenous occupation, and overviews of Indian community life. The first section of the book charts Indian history from before 1492 to European invasions and settlement, analyzing US expansion and its consequences for Indian survival up to the twenty-first century. A second group of essays consists of regional and tribal histories. The final section illuminates distinctive themes of Indian life, including gender, sexuality and family, spirituality, art, intellectual history, education, public welfare, legal issues, and urban experiences. A much-needed and eye-opening account of American Indians, this Handbook unveils the real history often hidden behind wrong assumptions, offering stimulating ideas and resources for new generations to pursue research on this topic.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190614021
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
"Everything you know about Indians is wrong." As the provocative title of Paul Chaat Smith's 2009 book proclaims, everyone knows about Native Americans, but most of what they know is the fruit of stereotypes and vague images. The real people, real communities, and real events of indigenous America continue to elude most people. The Oxford Handbook of American Indian History confronts this erroneous view by presenting an accurate and comprehensive history of the indigenous peoples who lived-and live-in the territory that became the United States. Thirty-two leading experts, both Native and non-Native, describe the historical developments of the past 500 years in American Indian history, focusing on significant moments of upheaval and change, histories of indigenous occupation, and overviews of Indian community life. The first section of the book charts Indian history from before 1492 to European invasions and settlement, analyzing US expansion and its consequences for Indian survival up to the twenty-first century. A second group of essays consists of regional and tribal histories. The final section illuminates distinctive themes of Indian life, including gender, sexuality and family, spirituality, art, intellectual history, education, public welfare, legal issues, and urban experiences. A much-needed and eye-opening account of American Indians, this Handbook unveils the real history often hidden behind wrong assumptions, offering stimulating ideas and resources for new generations to pursue research on this topic.
Great Plains Quarterly
Mysteries of Sex
Author: Mary P. Ryan
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807876682
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 445
Book Description
In a sweeping synthesis of American history, Mary Ryan demonstrates how the meaning of male and female has evolved, changed, and varied over a span of 500 years and across major social and ethnic boundaries. She traces how, at select moments in history, perceptions of sex difference were translated into complex and mutable patterns for differentiating women and men. How those distinctions were drawn and redrawn affected the course of American history more generally. Ryan recounts the construction of a modern gender regime that sharply divided male from female and created modes of exclusion and inequity. The divide between male and female blurred in the twentieth century, as women entered the public domain, massed in the labor force, and revolutionized private life. This transformation in gender history serves as a backdrop for seven chronological chapters, each of which presents a different problem in American history as a quandary of sex. Ryan's bold analysis raises the possibility that perhaps, if understood in their variety and mutability, the differences of sex might lose the sting of inequality.
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807876682
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 445
Book Description
In a sweeping synthesis of American history, Mary Ryan demonstrates how the meaning of male and female has evolved, changed, and varied over a span of 500 years and across major social and ethnic boundaries. She traces how, at select moments in history, perceptions of sex difference were translated into complex and mutable patterns for differentiating women and men. How those distinctions were drawn and redrawn affected the course of American history more generally. Ryan recounts the construction of a modern gender regime that sharply divided male from female and created modes of exclusion and inequity. The divide between male and female blurred in the twentieth century, as women entered the public domain, massed in the labor force, and revolutionized private life. This transformation in gender history serves as a backdrop for seven chronological chapters, each of which presents a different problem in American history as a quandary of sex. Ryan's bold analysis raises the possibility that perhaps, if understood in their variety and mutability, the differences of sex might lose the sting of inequality.