Saltypie
A Choctaw Journey from Darkness into Light
El Paso, TX : Cinco Puntos Press, [2010]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Choctaw author Tim Tingle tells the story of his famly's move from Oklahome Choctaw country to Pasadena, Texas. Spanning fifty years, the book describes the problems encounted by his Choctaw grandmother from her orphan days at an Indian boarding school to hardships she met at her new home on the Texas Gult Coast. It is the story of one family's efforts to honor the past while struggling to gain a foothold in modern America.
Subjects:
Tingle, Tim -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile literature.
Tingle, Tim -- Family -- Juvenile literature.
Choctaw Indians -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Grandmothers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Wisdom -- Juvenile literature.
Choctaw Indians -- Crimes against -- Texas -- Pasadena -- Juvenile literature.
Blindness -- Texas -- Pasadena -- Juvenile literature.
Grandmothers -- Texas -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Pasadena (Tex.) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Tingle, Tim -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile literature.
Tingle, Tim -- Family -- Juvenile literature.
Choctaw Indians -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Grandmothers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Wisdom -- Juvenile literature.
Choctaw Indians -- Crimes against -- Texas -- Pasadena -- Juvenile literature.
Blindness -- Texas -- Pasadena -- Juvenile literature.
Grandmothers -- Texas -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Pasadena (Tex.) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN:
9781933693675 (alk. paper)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
C HISTORY Native Am. Choctaw Tin | Eastover | Children's NonFiction | In |
C HISTORY Native Am. Choctaw Tin | North Main | Children's NonFiction | In |
C HISTORY Native Am. Choctaw Tin | Sandhills Indoors | Children's NonFiction | In |