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Plot. Thomas Wazhashk, a night watchman at a jewel bearing plant and an Ojibwe Councilor, works to comprehend the consequences of a new termination bill drafted by Arthur Vivian Watkins heading to the floor of the United States Congress. [1] . In 1953, Thomas and other Ojibwe people begin to fear the implications of this bill.
Mar 3, 2020 · The Night Watchman is a fictional story based on the life of the author's grandfather, who fought against the termination of Native Americans in 1953. The novel explores themes of love, death, and identity through the perspectives of several characters on a reservation in North Dakota.
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Mar 3, 2020 · An Amazon Best Book of March 2020: Louise Erdrich pays poignant homage to her grandfather in this sweeping novel about Native American dispossession in the 1950s. Like her grandfather, our titular hero is a humble night watchman, also the tribal chairman of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa in North Dakota.
- Louise Erdrich
- $18.65
- Harper
Mar 3, 2020 · The Night Watchman: A Novel. Louise Erdrich. HarperCollins, Mar 3, 2020 - Fiction - 464 pages. WINNER OF THE 2021 PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. WASHINGTON POST, NPR, CBS...
Mar 23, 2021 · WINNER OF THE 2021 PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WASHINGTON POST, NPR, CBS SUNDAY MORNING, KIRKUS, CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY, AND GOOD HOUSEKEEPING BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR Based on the extraordinary life of National Book Award-winning author Louise Erdrich’s grandfath.
WINNER OF THE 2021 PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WASHINGTON POST, NPR, CBS SUNDAY MORNING, KIRKUS, CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY, AND GOOD HOUSEKEEPING BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR Based on the extraordinary life of National Book Award-winning author Louise Erdrich's grandfather who worked as a night watchman and carried the fight against Native dispossession from rural North Dakota ...
Mar 23, 2021 · WINNER OF THE 2021 PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. WASHINGTON POST, NPR, CBS SUNDAY MORNING, KIRKUS, CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY, AND GOOD HOUSEKEEPING BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR.
- Louise Erdrich
