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People of the whale : a novel
Raised in a remote seaside village, Thomas Witka Just marries Ruth, his beloved since infancy. But an ill-fated decision to fight in Vietnam changes his life forever: cut off from his Native American community, he fathers a child with another woman. When he returns home a hero, he finds his tribe in conflict over the decision to hunt a whale, both a symbol of spirituality and rebirth and a means of survival. In the end, he reconciles his two existences, only to see tragedy befall the son he left behind.
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- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1431664
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85065264
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008113218
- http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/197647947#Topic/vietnam_war_1961_1975_veterans_fiction
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/969633
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/885099
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008101832
- http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/197647947#Event/1961_1975
- http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/197647947#Topic/culture_conflict_fiction
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1165710
- http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/197647947#Topic/indians_of_north_america_fiction
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- "Raised in a remote seaside village, Thomas Witka Just marries Ruth, his beloved since infancy. But an ill-fated decision to fight in Vietnam changes his life forever: cut off from his Native American community, he fathers a child with another woman. When he returns home a hero, he finds his tribe in conflict over the decision to hunt a whale, both a symbol of spirituality and rebirth and a means of survival. In the end, he reconciles his two existences, only to see tragedy befall the son he left behind."
- "Raised in a remote seaside village, Thomas Witka Just marries Ruth, his beloved since infancy. But an ill-fated decision to fight in Vietnam changes his life forever: cut off from his Native American community, he fathers a child with another woman. When he returns home a hero, he finds his tribe in conflict over the decision to hunt a whale, both a symbol of spirituality and rebirth and a means of survival. In the end, he reconciles his two existences, only to see tragedy befall the son he left behind."@en
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- "People of the whale : a novel"
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