The medicine line : life and death on a North American borderland /
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Author / Creator: | LaDow, Beth. |
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Imprint: | New York : Routledge, 2001. |
Description: | xviii, 272 p. : ill., 1 map ; 24 cm. |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4398636 |
Summary: | The Medicine Line: Life and Death on the North AmericanBorderland, is a complex and oftentimes dramatic mix of narrative storytelling and history in which ironies are explored, patterns of deed and response are uncovered, examined and evaluated...Beth Ladow is a compelling stylist who writes with warmth and insight, and she has given us a smart book, which will help us understand one another, and a good read. We need more books like this one. -- William Kittredge, Author of THE NATURE OF GENOROSITY(knopf,2000) |
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Physical Description: | xviii, 272 p. : ill., 1 map ; 24 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-263) and index. |
ISBN: | 0415927641 |