Shell Shaker

Released on 2001 by LeAnne Howe
Shell Shaker

Author: LeAnne Howe

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ISBN: UOM:39015053748102

Category: Fiction

Page: 227

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Fiction. Native American Studies. Red Shoes, the most formidable Choctaw warrior of the eighteenth century, was assassinated by his own people. Why does his death haunt Auda Billy, an Oklahoma Choctaw woman accused in 1991 of murdering Choctaw Chief Redford McAlester? Moving between the known details of Red Shoes' life and the riddle of McAlester's death, this novel traces the history of the Billy women whose destiny it is to solve both murders—with the help of a powerful spirit known as the Shell Shaker. "LeAnne Howe has done it. SHELL SHAKER is an elegant, powerful and knock out story. I'm blown away."—Joy Harjo

Shell Shaker
Language: en
Pages: 227

Shell Shaker

Authors: LeAnne Howe
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001 - Publisher:

Fiction. Native American Studies. Red Shoes, the most formidable Choctaw warrior of the eighteenth century, was assassinated by his own people. Why does his death haunt Auda Billy, an Oklahoma Choctaw woman accused in 1991 of murdering Choctaw Chief Redford McAlester? Moving between the known details of Red Shoes' life
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Pages: 338

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Categories: Social Science
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Pages: 368

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Pages: 347

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Language: en
Pages:

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Categories: LITERARY CRITICISM
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Presents an encyclopedia of American Indian literature in an alphabetical format listing authors and their works.