River Song
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ISBN: 0312244916 / Publisher: Picador, November 1999
Danny Kachiah, a Native American wanderer from Oregon, searches for the wisdom of the traditional ways in order to pass them on to his son, a quest that ends when he meets Willis Salwish, an old River Indian. Reprint.
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River Song rejoins Danny Kachiah, the Oregonian Nez Perce drifter and failed rodeo rider first introduced in Craig Lesley's award-winning novel, Winterkill. Danny is determined to get closer to his son, Jack, to teach him traditional ways to steer him away from rodeoing. Danny and Jack survive a forest fire, make a go of it as migrant workers, then finally settle down to salmon fishing on the Columbia River. There they join forces with Willis Salwish, a mysterious old Yakima Indian who clings to traditional fishing sites despite opposition from white fisherman. Danny's friendship with Willis draws him into the dispute over fishing rights, and it's Willis who brings him face to face with ghosts from his past, and leads him to his lost heritage.
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