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One Good Story, That One by Thomas King (review)

One Good Story, That One by Thomas King (review) American enemies and the Spanish--to survive. If there is one unifying theme and reason for the academic disciplines that have come together here, it is to help people understand the past for success in the present in preparation for the future. This book has done that for the Sobaipuri. Thomas King. One Good Story, That One. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2013. 147 pp. Paper, $16.95. Anne Mai Yee Jansen, University of North Carolina at Asheville Over twenty years ago, Thomas King wrote one good story. Then he wrote another. And another. Those stories multiplied. Pretty soon there were ten good stories. Those ten good stories were collected together and published as a book. And it's one good book, this one. This collection of stories is smart, witty, and creatively critical. Originally published in 1993, One Good Story, That One is finally available again, and it delights both the mind and the heart. King grapples with everything from colonial history to Judeo-Christian tradition to tribal sovereignty by telling stories. In the hands of a storyteller as skilled as King, these stories have enormous power to transform old clichés into dynamic and complex portrayals of American Indians. At one http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The American Indian Quarterly University of Nebraska Press

One Good Story, That One by Thomas King (review)

The American Indian Quarterly , Volume 40 (1) – Dec 30, 2016

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American enemies and the Spanish--to survive. If there is one unifying theme and reason for the academic disciplines that have come together here, it is to help people understand the past for success in the present in preparation for the future. This book has done that for the Sobaipuri. Thomas King. One Good Story, That One. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2013. 147 pp. Paper, $16.95. Anne Mai Yee Jansen, University of North Carolina at Asheville Over twenty years ago, Thomas King wrote one good story. Then he wrote another. And another. Those stories multiplied. Pretty soon there were ten good stories. Those ten good stories were collected together and published as a book. And it's one good book, this one. This collection of stories is smart, witty, and creatively critical. Originally published in 1993, One Good Story, That One is finally available again, and it delights both the mind and the heart. King grapples with everything from colonial history to Judeo-Christian tradition to tribal sovereignty by telling stories. In the hands of a storyteller as skilled as King, these stories have enormous power to transform old clichés into dynamic and complex portrayals of American Indians. At one

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Published: Dec 30, 2016

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