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Thank you We sneak in One author who is really

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famous in this period is sherman alexey He is a

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native american writer who among other things wrote the absolutely

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true diary of a part time indian which is a

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semi autobiographical narrative of a young boy living on a

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native american reservation action and facing all sorts problems alcoholism

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abuse a lack of education But throughout it all he

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never loses hope And so this is a book that's

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full of kind of the humor and the joy the

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german lexi has about life It not countercultural in the

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way that you would think of the beads but it

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kind of is countercultural in the way that it challenges

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stereotypes about native americans This story takes place on a

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reservation which you might have you know preconceived ideas about

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but it involves people who do all of the things

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that any american does So it's a very cool look

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at splendid culture Someone else really famous in this period

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is truman capote he's well known for all sorts of

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things You may have seen the movie breakfast a tiffany's

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which is based on a story that he wrote you

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may have heard of in Cold blood which is a

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very famous experiment with the nonfiction novel He's also very

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well known for other voices Other rooms which is about

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gay life in the south Lgbt folk are not afforded

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the rights and privileges of other americans but are also 00:01:44.852 --> [endTime] caressed and beat No

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