People of the Whale

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Raised in a remote seaside village, Thomas Witka Just marries Ruth, his beloved since infancy. But an ill-fated decision to fight in Vietnam changes his life forever: cut off from his Native American community, he fathers a child with another woman. When he returns home a hero, he finds his tribe in conflict over the decision to hunt a whale, both a symbol of spirituality and rebirth and a means of survival. In the end, he reconciles his two existences, only to see tragedy befall the son he left behind.

subjects: Veterans,  Fiction,  Culture conflict,  Indians of North America,  Vietnam War, 1961-1975,  Veterans, fiction,  Indians of north america, fiction,  Fiction, general,  Vietnam war, 1961-1975, fiction,  Native American authors,  Women authors,  Native American women authors,  Fiction, religious,  Vietnam War (1961-1975) fast (OCoLC)fst01431664