Laughing Boy : A Navajo Love Story

Laughing Boy : A Navajo Love Story

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Book Description
Capturing the essence of the Southwest in 1915, Oliver La Farge's Pulitzer Prize-winning first novel is an enduring American classic. At a ceremonial dance, the young, earnest silversmith Laughing Boy falls in love with Slim Girl, a beautiful but elusive "American"-educated Navajo. As they experience all of the joys and uncertainties of first love, the couple must face a changing way of life and its tragic consequences.

About the Author
OLIVER LA FARGE (1901–1963) first traveled to Navajo territory on a Harvard archaeological dig. Laughing Boy was his first novel.

Laughing Boy: A Navajo Love Story,Oliver La Farge,Mariner Books,0618446729,Classics,Fiction,Historical fiction,Literary,Literature - Classics / Criticism,Navajo Indians,Western stories,Fiction / Literary

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