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Narrated by:
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Jim Gough
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By:
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Zane Grey
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It is the story of Nophaie, a young Navajo, who is picked up by a party of whites at the age of seven. White parents bring the child up as though he were their own, eventually sending him to a prestigious Eastern college where he distinguishes himself by his outstanding athletic skill. The Vanishing American is about Nophaie's struggle to find a place in society. On a larger scale it is about all Native Americans and their future in America.
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There's our hero fighting the system, there he is rediscovering himself, there he is trying to help, to even get his tribal relations to join in WWI (where more than 10'000 Indians did, in fact, volunteer - a main reason for it being that they were hoping that it would finally give them US citizenship and thus basic rights), there's our hero in a stunningly beautiful part of the world. That, without a doubt, is a wonderful strength of the novel - it feels like about half of it is spent on describing valleys, canyons, deserts, mesas, ridges, etc. - those descriptions are beautiful, vivid, full of color, full of senses.
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