Medicine walk
Wagamese, Richard
Medicine walk / Richard Wagamese. - First edition. - 245 pages ; 23 cm
Raised by the old man he was entrusted to soon after his birth, Frank is haunted by the brief and troubling moments he has shared with his father, Eldon. When he finally travels by horseback to town, he finds Eldon on the edge of death, decimated from years of drinking. The two undertake difficult journey into the mountainous backcountry, in search of a place for Eldon to die and be buried in the warrior way. As they travel, Eldon tells his son the story of his own life-from an impoverished childhood to combat in the Korean War and his shell-shocked return. Through the fog of pain, Eldon relates to his son these desolate moments, as well as his life's fleeting but nonetheless crucial moments of happiness and hope, the sacrifices made in the name of love. And in telling his story, Eldon offers his son a world the boy has never seen, a history he has never known"-- Provided by publisher.
9781571311153
Storytelling---Fiction
Fathers and sons----Fiction
Interpersonal relations----Fiction
Indians of North America----Fiction
PR9199.3.W316 / M43 2015
FIC WAG
Medicine walk / Richard Wagamese. - First edition. - 245 pages ; 23 cm
Raised by the old man he was entrusted to soon after his birth, Frank is haunted by the brief and troubling moments he has shared with his father, Eldon. When he finally travels by horseback to town, he finds Eldon on the edge of death, decimated from years of drinking. The two undertake difficult journey into the mountainous backcountry, in search of a place for Eldon to die and be buried in the warrior way. As they travel, Eldon tells his son the story of his own life-from an impoverished childhood to combat in the Korean War and his shell-shocked return. Through the fog of pain, Eldon relates to his son these desolate moments, as well as his life's fleeting but nonetheless crucial moments of happiness and hope, the sacrifices made in the name of love. And in telling his story, Eldon offers his son a world the boy has never seen, a history he has never known"-- Provided by publisher.
9781571311153
Storytelling---Fiction
Fathers and sons----Fiction
Interpersonal relations----Fiction
Indians of North America----Fiction
PR9199.3.W316 / M43 2015
FIC WAG
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