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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    title: Moccasin Square Gardens
    sub title: short stories
  title info:
    title: Short stories. Selections
  name:
    name part: Van Camp, Richard
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: short story
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: bcc
    date issued: 2019
    copyright date: 2019
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: 160 pages : portrait ; 22 cm.
  abstract: The characters of Moccasin Square Gardens inhabit Denendeh, the land of the people north of the sixtieth parallel. These stories are filled with in-laws, outlaws and common laws. Get ready for illegal wrestling moves ("The Camel Clutch"), pinky promises, a doctored casino, extraterrestrials or "Sky People," love, lust and prayers for peace. While this is Van Camp's most hilarious short story collection, it's also haunted by the lurking presence of the Wheetago, human-devouring monsters of legend that have returned due to global warming and the greed of humanity. The stories in Moccasin Square Gardens show that medicine power always comes with a price. To counteract this darkness, Van Camp weaves a funny and loving portrayal of the Tłı̨chǫ Dene and other communities of the North, drawing from oral history techniques to perfectly capture the character and texture of everyday small-town life. "Moccasin Square Gardens" is the nickname of a dance hall in the town of Fort Smith that serves as a meeting place for a small but diverse community. In the same way, the collection functions as a meeting place for an assortment of characters, from shamans and time-travelling goddess warriors to pop-culture-obsessed pencil pushers, to con artists, archivists and men who just need to grow up, all seeking some form of connection.
  table of contents: Aliens -- Super Indians -- Wheetago war I : lying in bed together -- Wheetago war II : summoners -- The promise -- Man babies -- I am filled with a trembling light -- Ehtsèe/Grandpa -- Knock knock -- I have to trust.
  note: Richard Van Camp.
  subject:
    geographic code: n-cn-nt
  subject:
    topic: Dogrib Indians
    genre: Fiction
  subject:
    geographic: Northwest Territories
    genre: Fiction
  classification: PR9199.3.V356 A6 2019
  classification: C813/.54
  identifier: 9781771622165
  identifier: 1771622164
  record info:
    record content source: NLC
    record creation date: 181114
    record change date: 20201020070559.0
    record identifier: in00004150638
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng