north dakota

Traces the life of Carrine Berg, the author's mother who came to America from Norway and homesteaded in North Dakota.

Presents the author's diary which describes a rural North Dakota family's life during the Dust Bowl years, from 1927-1937, when the state suffered from economic hardships, restrictions on women, and family frustrations.

A story of the intertwined fates of the Kashpaws and the Lamartines near a North Dakota reservation from 1934 to 1984.

Spirits of the 1860s, Ghost Horse and Red Dress, seek to be reunited through an Indian couple of the 1980s.

A biographical look at the childhood of Sitting Bull, one of the greatest Sioux warriors to fight against the white man.

Summoned by his grandmother, Lipsha returns to the reservation where he falls in love with Shawnee Ray. He finds himself at crossroads torn between success and meaning, love and money, the future and the past.

A young boy describes his life on the family farm in North Dakota in 1912, particularly the arrival of a new steam-powered threshing machine.

Summoned by his grandmother, Lipsha returns to the reservation where he falls in love with Shawnee Ray. He finds himself at crossroads torn between success and meaning, love and money, the future and the past.

The first book in Erdrich's Native American tetralogy that includes The Beet Queen, Tracks, and The Bingo Palace is an authentic and emotionally powerful glimpse into the Native American experience.