The turtle warrior
By: Mary Relindes Ellis.
Publisher: Viking
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 368
Subjects: Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 -- Wisconsin -- Fiction; Boys -- Fiction; Wisconsin -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: The story of the Lucas family, who live in a beautiful and remote part of Wisconsin inhabited by working-class European immigrants and the Ojibwe. By 1967 the Lucas farm has fallen into disrepair, thanks to the hard drinking of John Lucas, who brutalizes his wife and two sons. When the eldest, James, escapes by enlisting to fight in Vietnam, he leaves young Bill alone to protect his mother with only his own will and the spirit of his brother to guide him.