People of the Whale
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[United States] : W. W. Norton & Company, 2010.
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"With her unparalleled gifts for truth and magic, Linda Hogan reinforces my faith in reading, writing, living." -Barbara Kingsolver Raised in a remote seaside village, Thomas Witka Just marries Ruth, his beloved since infancy. But an ill-fated decision to fight in Vietnam changes his life forever: cut off from his Native American community, he fathers a child with another woman. When he returns home a hero, he finds his tribe in conflict over the decision to hunt a whale, both a symbol of spirituality and rebirth and a means of survival. In the end, he reconciles his two existences, only to see tragedy befall the son he left behind.
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9780393072822, 0393072827
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"With her unparalleled gifts for truth and magic, Linda Hogan reinforces my faith in reading, writing, living." -Barbara Kingsolver Raised in a remote seaside village, Thomas Witka Just marries Ruth, his beloved since infancy. But an ill-fated decision to fight in Vietnam changes his life forever: cut off from his Native American community, he fathers a child with another woman. When he returns home a hero, he finds his tribe in conflict over the decision to hunt a whale, both a symbol of spirituality and rebirth and a means of survival. In the end, he reconciles his two existences, only to see tragedy befall the son he left behind.
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Hogan, L. (2010). People of the Whale. W. W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Hogan, Linda. 2010. People of the Whale. W. W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Hogan, Linda, People of the Whale. W. W. Norton & Company, 2010.
MLA Citation (style guide)Hogan, Linda. People of the Whale. W. W. Norton & Company, 2010.
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