WOLFSONG. by Owens, Louis - (1991)

Albuquerque, NM:: West End Press,, (1991). Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.. Trade paperback original - first printing. The true first edition of this Native American author's first novel (preceded by many books of essays and scholarly works), set in Washington state, the story of "a young Indian who had gone south to attend college, returns for his uncle's funeral and finds himself caught up in the old manÕs fight to save the wilderness from destruction. . .. Owens exposes the raw edge of the current American land-rights controversy and poses questions about authenticity and the common bonds that American Indians, of very different or mixed backgrounds, are in the process of discovering today." INSCRIBED on the title page and dated in New Mexico in 1996. A title in the Native American Literature series.249 pp.