Title: People of the Whale
First published: August 11, 2008
Description: 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.
Subjects: Veterans, Fiction, Culture conflict, Indians of North America, Vietnam War, 1961-1975, Veterans, fiction, Indians of north america, fiction, Fiction, general, Vietnam war, 1961-1975, fiction, Native American authors, Women authors, Native American women authors, Fiction, religious, Vietnam War (1961-1975) fast (OCoLC)fst01431664
LC classification: PS3558.O34726 P46 2008