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The Resource The night watchman : a novel, Louise Erdrich, (digital audio book)

The night watchman : a novel, Louise Erdrich, (digital audio book)

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Summary
"Thomas Wazhashk is the night watchman at the jewel-bearing plant, the first factory located near the Turtle Mountain Reservation in rural North Dakota. He is also a Chippewa council member who is trying to understand the consequences of a new "emancipation" bill on its way to the floor of the United States Congress. It is 1953 and he and the other council members know the bill isn't about freedom: Congress is fed up with Indians. The bill is a "termination" that threatens the rights of Native Americans to their land and their very identity. How can the government abandon treaties made in good faith with Native Americans "for as long as the grasses shall grow, and the rivers run"? Since graduating from high school, Pixie Paranteau has insisted that everyone call her Patrice. She makes jewel bearings at the plant, a job that pays barely enough to support her mother and younger brother. Patrice's alcoholic father returns home sporadically to terrorize his wife and children, and to bully Patrice for money. But Patrice needs every penny to follow her beloved older sister, Vera, who moved to the big city of Minneapolis. Vera may have disappeared; she hasn't been in touch in months and is rumored to have had a baby. Determined to find Vera and her child, Patrice makes a fateful trip to Minnesota that introduces her to unexpected forms of exploitation and violence and endangers her life. Thomas and Patrice live in a reservation community. We also come to know young Chippewa boxer Wood Mountain and his mother, Juggie Blue, and Patrice's best friend, Valentine, as well as Hay Stack Barnes, the white high school math teacher and boxing coach who is hopelessly in love with Patrice."--
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
Unabridged edition
Extent
1 audio media player (approximately 13 hr., 30 min.)
Note
  • Title from container
  • "HD."
  • "Light."
  • "Harper Audio."
  • Previously released by HarperCollins Publishers, ℗2020
  • Release date supplied by publisher
  • Issued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player
  • One set of earphones and one AAA battery required for listening
Isbn
9781094290003
Instance
Label
The night watchman : a novel
Title
The night watchman
Title remainder
a novel
Statement of responsibility
Louise Erdrich
Creator
Contributor
Author
Narrator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"Thomas Wazhashk is the night watchman at the jewel-bearing plant, the first factory located near the Turtle Mountain Reservation in rural North Dakota. He is also a Chippewa council member who is trying to understand the consequences of a new "emancipation" bill on its way to the floor of the United States Congress. It is 1953 and he and the other council members know the bill isn't about freedom: Congress is fed up with Indians. The bill is a "termination" that threatens the rights of Native Americans to their land and their very identity. How can the government abandon treaties made in good faith with Native Americans "for as long as the grasses shall grow, and the rivers run"? Since graduating from high school, Pixie Paranteau has insisted that everyone call her Patrice. She makes jewel bearings at the plant, a job that pays barely enough to support her mother and younger brother. Patrice's alcoholic father returns home sporadically to terrorize his wife and children, and to bully Patrice for money. But Patrice needs every penny to follow her beloved older sister, Vera, who moved to the big city of Minneapolis. Vera may have disappeared; she hasn't been in touch in months and is rumored to have had a baby. Determined to find Vera and her child, Patrice makes a fateful trip to Minnesota that introduces her to unexpected forms of exploitation and violence and endangers her life. Thomas and Patrice live in a reservation community. We also come to know young Chippewa boxer Wood Mountain and his mother, Juggie Blue, and Patrice's best friend, Valentine, as well as Hay Stack Barnes, the white high school math teacher and boxing coach who is hopelessly in love with Patrice."--
Accompanying matter
technical information on music
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Provided by publisher
Cataloging source
PLAYA
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Erdrich, Louise
Dewey number
813/.54
Form of composition
not applicable
Format of music
not applicable
LC call number
PS3555.R42
LC item number
N54 2020d
Literary text for sound recordings
fiction
Music parts
not applicable
PerformerNote
Read by the author
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Harper Audio (Firm)
  • HarperCollins (Firm)
  • Playaway Digital Audio
  • Findaway World, LLC
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Indians of North America
  • Indians of North America
  • Ojibwa Indians
  • Indian termination policy
  • Dysfunctional families
  • Missing persons
  • Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota
  • Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation (N.D.)
Target audience
adult
Transposition and arrangement
not applicable
Label
The night watchman : a novel, Louise Erdrich, (digital audio book)
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Title from container
  • "HD."
  • "Light."
  • "Harper Audio."
  • Previously released by HarperCollins Publishers, ℗2020
  • Release date supplied by publisher
  • Issued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player
  • One set of earphones and one AAA battery required for listening
Antecedent source
unknown
Capture and storage technique
unknown
Carrier category
  • other
  • other
Carrier category code
  • sz
  • nz
Carrier MARC source
  • rdacarrier
  • rdacarrier
Color
not applicable
Configuration of playback channels
unknown
Content category
spoken word
Content type code
  • spw
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
on1144995659
Dimensions
3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Dimensions
other
Edition
Unabridged edition
Extent
1 audio media player (approximately 13 hr., 30 min.)
File format
one file format
Form of item
direct electronic
Groove width / pitch
not applicable
Isbn
9781094290003
Kind of cutting
not applicable
Kind of disc cylinder or tape
not applicable
Kind of material
other
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
  • audio
  • unmediated
Media MARC source
  • rdamedia
  • rdamedia
Media type code
  • s
  • n
Other physical details
digital, HD audio
Publisher number
40237
Quality assurance targets
unknown
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
sound
Special playback characteristics
digital recording
Specific material designation
other
Speed
other
System control number
(OCoLC)1144995659
Tape configuration
not applicable
Tape width
not applicable
Label
The night watchman : a novel, Louise Erdrich, (digital audio book)
Publication
Note
  • Title from container
  • "HD."
  • "Light."
  • "Harper Audio."
  • Previously released by HarperCollins Publishers, ℗2020
  • Release date supplied by publisher
  • Issued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player
  • One set of earphones and one AAA battery required for listening
Antecedent source
unknown
Capture and storage technique
unknown
Carrier category
  • other
  • other
Carrier category code
  • sz
  • nz
Carrier MARC source
  • rdacarrier
  • rdacarrier
Color
not applicable
Configuration of playback channels
unknown
Content category
spoken word
Content type code
  • spw
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
on1144995659
Dimensions
3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Dimensions
other
Edition
Unabridged edition
Extent
1 audio media player (approximately 13 hr., 30 min.)
File format
one file format
Form of item
direct electronic
Groove width / pitch
not applicable
Isbn
9781094290003
Kind of cutting
not applicable
Kind of disc cylinder or tape
not applicable
Kind of material
other
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
  • audio
  • unmediated
Media MARC source
  • rdamedia
  • rdamedia
Media type code
  • s
  • n
Other physical details
digital, HD audio
Publisher number
40237
Quality assurance targets
unknown
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
sound
Special playback characteristics
digital recording
Specific material designation
other
Speed
other
System control number
(OCoLC)1144995659
Tape configuration
not applicable
Tape width
not applicable

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