{"product_id":"an-endangered-species-frances-washburn-paperback","title":"An Endangered Species -- Frances Washburn, Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eMs. Magazine's Most Anticipated Feminist Books of 2024\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTom Warder, born on the Pine Ridge Reservation, works at the LaCreek refuge, which hosts the nation's last remaining trumpeter swans. The refuge manager assigns Tom, who owns land adjacent to the refuge, to be the swans' day-to-day caretaker. Tom's land isn't productive enough to make a sole living from it, so he leases grazing rights to white rancher Bart Johnson.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBart has fallen into debt and is unable to pay the lease he owes not only on Tom's land but also on land he leases from other Native landowners. As he sinks into debt his wife, Betty, becomes more extravagant and resistant to pleas for economy, while their son, Brian, becomes fascinated with hunting and begins stalking the trumpeter swans for the thrill of killing one. As his finances and his family fall apart, Bart takes to drinking. Meanwhile Tom's wife, Anna, and three daughters struggle to make ends meet, though their eldest daughter, Bit, who often assists her father in the care of the swans, is bright and determined to become something. Where Bit is the hope of her family, Brian is the disaster of his.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn Endangered Species\u003c\/em\u003e is a tale of two families, each with their own strengths and weaknesses, bound to circumstances largely beyond their control, and struggling to survive on the upper Great Plains during the 1960s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrances Washburn\u003c\/strong\u003e (Lakota) is emerita professor of American Indian studies and English at the University of Arizona. She is the author of \u003cem\u003eElsie's Business\u003c\/em\u003e (Nebraska, 2006), \u003cem\u003eSacred White Turkey\u003c\/em\u003e (Nebraska, 2010), and \u003cem\u003eThe Red Bird All-Indian Traveling Band\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Frances Washburn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bison Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.73d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496238672\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrances Washburn\u003c\/b\u003e (Lakota) is emerita professor of American Indian studies and English at the University of Arizona. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eElsie's Business\u003c\/i\u003e (Nebraska, 2006), \u003ci\u003eSacred White Turkey\u003c\/i\u003e (Nebraska, 2010), and \u003ci\u003eThe Red Bird All-Indian Traveling Band\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Frances Washburn","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45652749811940,"sku":"9781496238672","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9781496238672.jpg?v=1726879998","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/an-endangered-species-frances-washburn-paperback","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}