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Navajo Long Walk - by Joseph Bruchac (Hardcover)

Navajo Long Walk - by  Joseph Bruchac (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Shedding fresh light on a tragic chapter of American history, this book documents a shameful episode in the 1860s, when U.S. soldiers forced thousands of Navajo to march 400 miles from their homeland to a desolate reservation. Full color.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Powerfully written from the perspective of the Navajos and illustrated with deeply personal interpretations of historic events, this book sheds fresh light on a shameful episode of American history.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Joseph Bruchac is a writer and storyteller of Abenaki heritage who feels that his life's work is sharing stories told to him by elders of various Native American peoples. Bruchac has been awarded Rockefeller Humanities and NEA Poetry fellowships and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Native Writers Circle of the Americas. His more than 70 children's books include Sacajawea: The Journal of Jesse Smoke, A Cherokee Boy on the Trail of Tears; and Native American Games and Stories, which he co-authored with his son, Jim. Bruchac lives in Greenfield Center, New York.

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