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1	Yellow Raft in Blue Water more books like this by Michael Dorris add to wishlist A novel that works its way backwards from the 1980s to the 1950s to tell the stories of three generations of women. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.62! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Broken Cord more books like this by Michael Dorris add to wishlist Michael Dorris's heart-wrenching story of the effects of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome on his son Adam, a Native-American child Dorris adopted. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.68! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Broken Cord: A Family's Ongoing Struggle with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome more books like this by Michael Dorris, Louise Erdrich (Designer) add to wishlist Michael Dorris's heart-wrenching story of the effects of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome on his son Adam, a Native-American child Dorris adopted. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.88! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Sees Behind Trees more books like this by Michael Dorris add to wishlist A young Native American boy named Walnut has impaired vision but also the ability to see what others cannot. Dorris's powerful coming-of-age novel is set in the 16th century. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Morning Girl more books like this by Michael Dorris add to wishlist In alternating chapters, a 12-year-old Taino Indian named Morning Girl and her young brother, Star Boy, tell of their lives on an island in the Bahamas in 1492. Both Morning Girl and Star Boy describe life in their family and community, their lyrical commentary informing readers about the Taino culture. However, the siblings also face such ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Crown of Columbus more books like this by Louise Erdrich, Michael Dorris add to wishlist The love story of two college professors, Vivian Twostar and Roger Williams. They have little in common beyond a physical attraction and the fact that both are involved in research about Christopher Columbus. Vivian, a Native American and a single parent, is writing an academic piece on Columbus from the Native American viewpoint. Roger, an ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.29! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Crown of Columbus more books like this by Michael Dorris add to wishlist The love story of two college professors, Vivian Twostar and Roger Williams. They have little in common beyond a physical attraction and the fact that both are involved in research about Christopher Columbus. Vivian, a Native American and a single parent, is writing an academic piece on Columbus from the Native American viewpoint. Roger, an ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.78! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Paper Trail: Essays more books like this by Michael Dorris add to wishlist This collection of essays is from the anthropologist - a National Book Critics Circle Award-winner for "The Broken Cord" - novelist and non-fiction writer, Michael Dorris. The book reveals his thoughts and perspective on his life, work and education. Michael Dorris's essays have appeared in many national publications that run the gamut from the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Guests more books like this by Michael Dorris add to wishlist Thanksgiving from the viewpoint of the Native Americans present at the feast. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Cloud Chamber more books like this by Michael Dorris add to wishlist This novel moves from 19th century Ireland to contemporary America, telling the story of one family's passions and anger through a multiplicity of narrators, including part-black Rayona, heroine of Dorris's previous novel, YELLOW RAFT IN BLUE WATER. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Working Men: Stories more books like this by Michael Dorris add to wishlist Fourteen stories, mostly about men, many of them Native Americans. Stories include "Quiana," "Me and the Girls" (about two kidnapped elephants), "Groom Service," and "Jeopardy." see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12	Wigwam Evenings: Sioux Tales Retold more books like this by Charles Alexander Eastman, Elaine Goodale Eastman, Michael Dorris (Introduction by) add to wishlist Charles Eastman, in collaboration with his wife, Elaine Goodale Eastman, has assembled in this collection a composite, condensed sampling of his tribe's values, and presents them in a language that is at once direct and engaging. To say these allegories are 'wise' begs the question; they are the distilled conclusions of generations upon gen ... see all copies from $2.65! new only from $15.09! \| SVS
13 view cover	The Window more books like this by Michael Dorris add to wishlist The story of Rayona Taylor, a character who appears as a 15-year-old in the author's novels for adults A YELLOW RAFT IN BLUE WATER and CLOUD CHAMBER. Here Rayona is an 11-year-old girl struggling to find her place in the world. When her mom's "hard nights" away from home become more frequent, Rayona's mostly absent father decides she needs a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
14	Rooms in the House of Stone: The "Thistle" Series of Essays more books like this by Michael Dorris add to wishlist Essays by Michael Dorris about his travels in drought-plagued Zimbabwe, where he visited refugee camps and farmers. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Ininatig's Gift of Sugar: Traditional Native Sugarmaking more books like this by Laura Waterman Wittstock, Dale Kakkak (Photographer), Michael Dorris (Foreword by) add to wishlist A photo-essay about the traditional Anishinabe method of making maple sugar. Illustrated with color photographs. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.77! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Kinaalda: A Navajo Girl Grows Up more books like this by Monty Roessel (Photographer), Michael Dorris (Foreword by) add to wishlist A photo-essay about 13-year-old Celinda McKelvey as she takes part in her Kinaalda--a Navajo coming-of-age ceremony. Illustrated with color photographs. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.77! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Clambake: A Wampanoag Tradition more books like this by Russell Peters, John Madama (Photographer), Michael Dorris (Foreword by) add to wishlist Steven Peters, a twelve-year-old Wampanoag Indian in Massachusetts, learns from his grandfather how to prepare a clambake in the tradition of his people. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $37.16! \| first editions
18 view cover	The Most Wonderful Books: Writers on Discovering the Pleasures of Reading more books like this by Michael Dorris (Editor), Emilie Buchwald (Editor) add to wishlist Fifty-seven writers recall their first experiences with books. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
19	Grieving: A Love Story more books like this by Michael Dorris (Designed by), Ruth Coughlin add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $53.99!
20	Native Americans : 500 years after more books like this by Joseph C. Farber, Michael Dorris add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
21 view cover	Working men more books like this by Michael Dorris add to wishlist This collection of 14 short stories has as many different voices: the voices of man and women, young and old, blue collar and middle class, salesmen and craftsmen, vets and draft dodgers - the voices of Native Americans, New England Yankees, remote Alaskans and Southern gentlewomen. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22	Guide to Research on North American Indians more books like this by Arlene B. Hirschfelder, Michael A. Dorris, Mary G. Byler add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
23 view cover	Tainos more books like this by Michael Dorris add to wishlist Morning Girl, who loves the day, and her younger brother Star Boy, who loves the night, take turns describing their life on an island in pre-Columbian America; in Morning Girl's last narrative, she witnesses the arrival of the first Europeans to her world. In Spanish. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $73.48! \| SVS
24	Route Two more books like this by Louise Erdrich, Michael Dorris add to wishlist see all copies from $89.30! new only from $103.55! \| signed copies \| first editions
25 view cover	Sees Behind Trees Revised Digest Sized more books like this by Michael Dorris add to wishlist "Set in 16th century America, this richly imagined and gorgeously written rite-of-passage story has the gravity of legend . . . Dorris once again demonstrates that he is a brilliant and deeply humane writer whose words can show you something you have never seen."--"Booklist, " starred review. see all copies from $7.19!

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