Earth Power Coming
Short Fiction in Native American Literature
by Simon J. Ortiz
ISBN: 0912586508
ISBN-13: 9780912586502
Format: Paperback
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Publisher: Dine College Pr
Published date: 1983
Size: 6 x 9 inches
Weight: 0.95 pounds
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Earth Power Coming: Short Fiction in Native American Literature
Simon J. Ortiz
navajo community college press. Used - Good. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped daily. Over one million satisfied book lovers read with Experienced Books. 1983. Softcover. Good condition, showing modest signs of wear. Cover has some wear on edges. ( more information)
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Earth Power Coming, Short Fiction in Native American Literature
Oritiz, Simon J, editor / Leslie Marmon Silko, Louise Erdrich, Peter Blue Cloud, Gerald Haslam, et al
Tsaile, AZ: Navajo Community College Press, 1983. Very Good+. Crease in spine, rear cover lightly rubbed. ix-289 pp, "a wide variety of styles, themes and topeics presented in the fiction of this collection of thirty authors.". ISBN: 0912586508. Soft Cover. 8vo. Native American Literature. ( more information)
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