About this title: Well-known humor writer Ian Frazier takes a sobering look at life on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, the South Dakota home of the Oglala Sioux. Frazier's abstract admiration for the Sioux world-view is tempered by the realities of reservation life, which include chronic alcoholism, violence, and poverty, and which add up to what Frazier can characterize only as manifest evil. In his book, he rails against the injustices to which the Oglala Sioux have been subjected, but he also takes the Indians to task for internal problems. The book is a mix of Frazier's account of his own friendship ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN-13:9780374226381ISBN:0374226385
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Edition: 1st
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Picador
Date Published: 2001-05-04
ISBN-13:9780312278595ISBN:0312278594
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"I somewhat feel saddened by the mere thought that there are people out there who won't ever chance to read this work by Ian Frazier -- people who would benefit richly from the experience of having read it. It was like a vacation to a world seldom seen/scene.
"I'm crocheting a lot of different items for the Pine Ridge Reservation residents,and I thought I'd find out a little more about them. The Friends of the PRR website has a list of books to read,and this is one of them."
"This is a fascinating account of conditions on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota. The book is well-written, heart-breaking, and makes for compelling reading."
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