Glancy, Diane

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A line of driftwood

the Ada Blackjack story
2021
"In September 1921, a young Inupiat woman named Ada Blackjack traveled to Wrangel Island, 200 miles off the Arctic Coast of Siberia, as a cook and seamstress, along with four professional explorers. The expedition did not go as planned. When a rescue ship finally broke through the ice two years later, she was the only survivor. Diane Glancy discovered Blackjack's diary in the Dartmouth archives and created a new narrative based on the historical record and her vision of this woman's ... life. She tells the story of a woman facing danger, loss, and unimaginable hardship, yet surviving against the odds where four 'experts' could not. Beyond the expedition, the story examines Blackjack's childhood experiences at an Indian residential school, her struggles as a mother and wife, and the faith that enabled her to survive alone on a remote island in the Arctic Sea"-- Provided by publisher.

Flutie

a novel
1998
Unable to transcend the poverty and turmoil of her life in Western Oklahoma, Flutie turns to drinking and drugs until an attentive neighbor helps her face her pain and overcome her fears.

The voice that was in travel

stories
1999
Contains twenty short stories in which the author provides insights into contemporary American Indian life.

Pushing the bear

a novel of the Trail of Tears
1996
Maritole, one of the many thousands of Cherokees who were uprooted from their homes after being betrayed by the U.S. government, struggles to survive on the forced march along the Trail of Tears, while searching to understand why this has happened to her people.

Stone heart

a novel of Sacajawea
2003
Imagines the feelings and experiences of Shoshone guide and interpreter Sacagawea during the Lewis and Clark expedition.
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