Title:
The trickster of liberty : native heirs to a wild baronage / Gerald Vizenor.
Author:
Vizenor, Gerald Robert, 1934-
Publication Information:
Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, 2005.
Call Number:
PS3572.I9 T7 2005
Abstract:
"The Trickster of Liberty has become a classic in the repertoire of celebrated author Gerald Vizenor. A series of related stories, the novel follows the lives of seven mixedblood trickster siblings who began their lives on a reservation in northern Minnesota. Behaving in unpredictable ways, these siblings defy any attempt to fit them within stereotypical notions of the Indian. Memorable characters include the grandfather, Lusterbow, "the Baron of Patronia"; Slyboots Browne, a "wild avian dreamer" who manufactures airplanes and who trains Chippewa pilots for an "airborne revolution"; and Ginseng Browne, who is named on a federal warrant after supplying ginseng to the Communist Chinese."--Jacket.
ISBN:
9780806136776
Series:
American Indian literature and critical studies series ; v.50
American Indian literature and critical studies series ; v.50.
Physical Description:
xviii, 158 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
General Note:
"Originally published as The trickster of liberty: tribal heirs to a wild baronage, by the University of Minnesota Press, 1988."
Contents:
Prologue: Tricksters and transvaluations -- The Baron of Patronia -- China Browne -- Tune Browne -- Tulip Browne -- Eternal Flame Browne -- Father Mother Browne -- Slyboots Browne -- Ginseng Browne -- Epilogue: Loss Leaders from the Universities.
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