Examines Indian boarding school narratives and their impact on the Native literary tradition from 1879 to the present Indian boarding schools were the lynchpins

A New York Times bestseller—over one million copies sold! A National Book Award winner A Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winner Bestselling author Sherman Alexie

A boy discovers his Native American heritage in this Depression-era tale of identity and friendship by the author of Code Talker It's 1932, and twelve-year-old

What and how were nineteenth-century women taught through conduct books and hymnbooks? What did women learn about reading and writing at a state normal school a

This is an essential book for everyone who wants to write clearly about any subject and use writing as a means of learning.