Now that im out of school i continue to read linda hogans books. An active readers guide to mean spirit by linda hogan scalar. Although written in the engrossing style of a thriller, mean spirit is not a whodunnit novel. Linda hogan was born in 1947, in denver, colorado and grew up in oklahoma. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. If you take up no other novel this year, or next, this one will suffice to hold, to disturb, to enlighten and to. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers.
Silence, absence, and mystery in linda hogans mean spirit. Early in this century, rivers of oil were found beneath oklahoma land belonging to indian people, and beautiful grace banket. Buy a cheap copy of mean spirit book by linda hogan. Nevertheless, no one could read mean spirit through to its apocalyptic final pages without feeling that, overall, hogan has created something vital and deeply touching. She is the author of several books of poetry and a. Buy the paperback book mean spirit by linda hogan at indigo. Linda hogan draws on extensive historical research as well as her own considerable and acknowledged gifts as a poet to write this haunting epic. Mean spiritis much like the meteorite that the heroine, belle graycloud, wears on a thong around her neck. Set in oklahoma during the oil boom of the early 1920s, this brooding and profoundly moving first novel focuses on two doomed osage indian families, the blankets and the grayclouds. The politics of the border in linda hogans mean spirit jstor.
Linda hogan books list of books by author linda hogan. The meaning to the story mean spirit by linda hogan answers. These authors strike a variety of provocative and poignant environmental noteshaunting, satirical, delicate, mysterious, hopeful, wiseas they look with fresh eyes at the ageold question of how to live in harmony with nature. Born in denver, linda hogan is a poet, environmentalist, academic, and writer of eighteen texts, including novels and collections of poetry.
Mean spirit book by linda hogan official publisher. We deliver the joy of reading in 100% recycled packaging with free standard shipping on u. Reviewing, for some individuals become a requirement that is to do each day such as investing time for consuming. Active as an educator and speaker, hogan taught at the university of colorado and at the indigenous education institute. Her acclaimed first novel, mean spirit, focused on violence in the osage indian community during the oklahoma oil. Rollins college, 2003 a thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements.
Mean spirit book by linda hogan official publisher page. A generous book, musical in its prose and expansive in its structure and range, about growing older and the essential nature of love. Mean spirit is a story rooted both in truth and mystery, and linda hogan has written it beautifully. But she was murdered by the greed of white men, and the graycloud family, who cared for her daughter, began dying mysteriously. It is rather an exploration of the consequences of the u. Linda hogan chickasaw former faculty at indian arts institute, writer in residence for the chickasaw nation, and professor emerita from the university of colorado, is an internationally recognized public reader, speaker, and writer of poetry, fiction, and essays. Buy mean spirit by linda hogan from australias online independent bookstore, boomerang books. It was published by ivy books and has a total of 384 pages in the book. Written in 1990, linda hogans mean spirit gives a fictionalized account of the famous osage indian murders of the 1920s. She is currently the chickasaw nations writer in residence. Mean spirit by linda hogan evokes an astonishingly real sense of loss as the inhabitants of watona, ok and its surrounding area come to grips with the evaporation of their traditional ways and the incoming, overpowering culture of greed brought by the burgeoning oil industry in the 1920s. Mean spirit, by linda hogan atheneum the pulitzer prizes. Osage oil that for many of the white inhabitants of osage county, the tribe occupied the same category as the areas other natural resources. Linda hogans novel about the osage tribe during the oklahoma oil boom blends historical facts.
A poet, novelist, screenwriter, and playwright, hogan writes about topics related to the experiences of native americans as well as the relationship between humans and the environment. Mean spirit is a book about the osage tribe during the oklahoma oil boom. Recent books are rounding the human corners, a pulitzer nominee, and people of the whale, also a pulitzer finalist. She has been the recipient of, among other awards, an nea, a minnesota arts board grant, a lannan award, and a guggenheim fellowship. Her acclaimed first novel, mean spirit, focused on violence in the osage indian community during the oklahoma oil boom of the 1920s. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Early in this century, rivers of oil were found beneath oklahoma land belonging to indian people, and beautiful grace banket became the richest person in the territory. Mean spirit by linda hogan 1991 1124 linda hogan on. A generous book, musical in its prose and expansive in its structure and range, about growing older and the essential nature of.
Mean spirit by linda hogan 1991 1124 mass market paperback 1763. Hogan has played a prominent role in the development of contemporary native american poetry, particularly in its relationship to environmental and. Linda hogan is a chickasaw poet, novelist, and essayist. Linda hogan, chickasaw poet and novelist whose works often revolve around environmental concerns. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Her novel, mean spirit, set in the 1920s, is about white men that wedded osage women and murdered them to have control of their land, wealth and oil. Mean spirit by linda hogan paperback january 10, 2015. The ostensible aim of linda hogans first novel, mean spirit, is to unveil the historical. About the author 1992 linda hogan was a finalist for the pulitzer prize for her novel mean spirit. Linda hogan was a finalist for the pulitzer prize for her novel mean spirit. Linda hogan uses fiction as her medium, but the hard truths she reveals about u. Mean spirit by linda hogan 1991, paperback for sale online.
The meaning to the story mean spirit by linda hogan. She is the author of several books of poetry and a collection of short fiction. One main character, grace blanket, has no interest in indian tradition and gets wealthy by owning land that the author of mean spirit, linda hogan, is chickasaw. Mean spirit by linda hogan 1991, paperback for sale. Set in the town of watona, oklahoma known as talbert to its white residents the story is set during the oil boom of the early 1920s.
One of the key lessons of the book, however, is the ongoing nature of these political struggles, and the. Mean spirit by linda hogan traces the real, overwhelming and ultimately lifechanging events which follow the discovery of oil in the osage indian territory, oklahoma in the 1920s. We personally assess every books quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. Dark wealth in linda hogans mean spirit alix casteel terry p.
Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Linda hogan is a poet, environmentalist, academic, and writer of eighteen texts, including novels and collections of poetry. When oil was discovered on indian land in oklahoma, the osage tribe. Description mean spirit by linda hogan native americans made rich by the oklahoma oil boom of the 1920s fall victim to a campaign of fraud and intimidation on the part of white businessmen eager to rob them of their newfound wealth. A vivid and thoroughly moving novel of injustice and endurance in the face of terrible odds, set against the oklahoma oil boom of the 1920s. Synopsis this is a complex novel, based on a littleknown historical episode, with hints of magic realism. Author of power, dwellings, confronting the truth, the woman who watches over the world, mean spirit, religion and the politics of peace and conflict, solar storms, the stories we hold secret linda hogan open library. Wilson comments in his book the underground reserva tion. Mean spirit by linda hogan 9780804108638 boomerang books. Spend your time also for simply few mins to read a book mean spirit, by linda hogan reading an ebook will never lower and also lose your time to be ineffective.
Hogan has played a prominent role in the development of contemporary native american poetry, particularly in its relationship to environmental and antinuclear issues. Her books included the poetry collections seeing through the sun 1985 and savings 1988 and the novels mean spirit 1990 and people of the whale 2008. Dark wealth in linda hogan s mean spirit alix casteel terry p. Linda hogan early in this century, rivers of oil were found beneath oklahoma land belonging to indian people, and beautiful grace banket became the richest person in the territory. Hogan is a recipient of the lannan literary award for poetry. A recipient of grants from the national endowment for the arts and the guggenheim foundation for her fiction, hogans novels include mean spirit 1990, solar storms 1995, power 1998, and people of the whale 2008. The author of mean spirit, linda hogan, is chickasaw. Linda hogan is a chickasaw author with numerous books and awards and honors to match linda hogan has had awards and fellowships.
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Linda hogan chickasaw is an internationally recognized public speaker and author of poetry, fiction, and essays. Hogan born july 16, 1947 is a poet, storyteller, academic, playwright, novelist, environmentalist and writer of short stories. A novel about the cultural disintegration of the osage indian tribe as the white world intrudes. Click to read more about mean spirit by linda hogan. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. It is a book to treasure and read for the voice of omishto, the main character, a young woman strong enough to go against the colonizing systems that hold her indigenous people away from their traditional ways. Her other honors include an american book award and a guggenheim. I found mean spirit both deeply moving and highly educational. Mean spirit by linda hogan traces the real, overwhelming and ultimately lifechanging events which follow the discovery of oil in the osage indian territory, oklahoma. Written in 1990, linda hogan s mean spirit gives a fictionalized account of the famous osage indian murders of the 1920s.
The title of this book is mean spirit and it was written by linda hogan. In telling a story of the fictional aatsika, a native people of the american west coast who find their mythical origins in the whale and the octopus, hogan mean spirit employs just the right touch of spiritualism in this engrossing tale. Less, by andrew sean greer lee boudreaux books little, brown and company. It is the first novel by chickasaw author linda hogan. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus.
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