Walking two worlds / Joseph Bruchac.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Summertown, Tennessee : 7th Generation, [2015]Description: 152 pages ; 19 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1939053102 (pbk.)
- 1939053137 (hardback)
- 9781939053107 (pbk.)
- 9781939053138 (hardback)
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's Fiction | Bruchac Joseph | Available | 33111008005676 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
"Eee-leee! Master Parker," Reverend Stone, headmaster at the Baptist school, called. "The answer, please."
"Four," Ely thought.
But he also thought something else. Why is English so strange? In Seneca every word always meant the same thing. But in English the same sound could mean different things. It could be four. Or for. Or fore.
So begins this inspiring story of the early education of a famous Native American who gained greatness in the white man's world while staying true to his Seneca people.
Hasanoanda was his Indian name. But in mission school he became Ely. He encountered racism and deceit but, against all odds, did not give up on his quest to walk between two worlds.
"Hasanoanda was his Indian name. But in mission school he became 'Ely Parker.' He encountered racism and deceit but did not give up his quest to walk between two worlds. This story explores the early education of a famous Native American who gained greatness in the white man's world while staying true to his Seneca people"-- Provided by publisher.
RL 2.5.