num_pages: 336
description: Winner of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Book Award From the two-time winner of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award: a deeply moving and evocative novel of fathers and sons. Danny Kachiah is a Native American fighting not to become a casualty. His father, Red Shirt, is dead; his wife, Loxie, has left him, and his career as a rodeo cowboy is flagging. But when Loxie dies in a car wreck, leaving him with his son, Jack, whom he hardly knows, Danny uses the magnificent stories of Red Shirt to guide him toward true fatherhood. Together, Danny and Jack begin to make a life from the dreams of yesterday and the ruins of today's northwestern reservations.
language: English
title: Winterkill
titlecomplete: Winterkill
genres: Fiction, American, Westerns, School, Literature, Novels, Contemporary, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 601
awards: awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Oregon Book Award
category: a Novel, awardedAt: 441792000000
name: Spur Award
category: Medicine Pipe Bearer Award
publisher: Laurel