Reservation Blues

Name: Reservation Blues
Rating: 3.5 (2 reviews)
Author: Sherman Alexie
ISBN: 9780871135940

by Sherman Alexie

3.5

(2 ratings)

306 pages1995Atlantic Monthly PressISBN 9780871135940

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About this book

In 1931, Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil, receiving legendary blues skills in return. He recorded only 29 songs before he was murdered in 1938. In 1992, Johnson appears on the Spokane Indian Reservation and meets Thomas Builds-the-Fire, the storyteller of the Tribe. So begins the mythic tale of Coyote Springs, an all-Indian Catholic rock'n'roll band.

Publication Details

Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
Published: 1995
Pages: 306
ISBN: 9780871135940
Language: en

About Sherman Alexie

Sherman J. Alexie, Jr., was born in October 1966. A Spokane/Coeur d'Alene Indian, he grew up on the Spokane Indian Reservation in Wellpinit, WA, about 50 miles northwest of Spokane, WA. Alexie has published 18 books to date. Alexie is an award-winning and prolific author and occasional comedian. Much of his writing draws on his experiences as a modern Native American. Sherman's best known works include The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven, Smoke Signals, and The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. He lives in Seattle, Washington