{"product_id":"laughing-boy-a-navajo-love-story-9780618446728","title":"Laughing Boy: A Navajo Love Story","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Pulitzer Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A romantic idyll played out in the rhythms and meanings of a vanished Navajo world.\" --\u003cem\u003eDenver Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn enduring American classic, Oliver La Farge's award-winning first novel captures the essence of the Southwest in the early twentieth century.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLaughing Boy is a model member of his tribe. Raised in old traditions, skilled in silver work, and known for his prowess in the wild horse races, he does the Navajos of \u003cem\u003eT'o Tlakai\u003c\/em\u003e proud. But times are changing. It is 1914, and the first car has just driven into their country. Then, Laughing Boy meets Slim Girl--and despite her \"American\" education and the warnings of his family, he gives in to desire and marries her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Laughing Boy and Slim Girl settle away from traditional villages--their different upbringings clashing within both their relationship and the ever-encroaching culture around them--each of their worlds are thrown into a heart-wrenching turmoil of love, honor, hope, and heritage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Compelling in its strength and simplicity, and its fidelity to the deepest impulses of human nature,\" \u003cem\u003eLaughing Boy\u003c\/em\u003e is an unprecedented look at both the Navajo culture and the enduring legacy of tradition and loss that all Americans share (\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Oliver La Farge,Wanden LaFarge Gomez\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/05\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 193\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.22h x 5.44w x 0.52d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780618446728\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.7\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e10840 \/ Laughing Boy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLa Farge, Oliver:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eOLIVER LA FARGE (1901-1963) first traveled to Navajo territory on a Harvard archaeological dig. Laughing Boy was his first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Oliver La Farge \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47579905327261,"sku":"9780618446728","price":37.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_a23405dc-e161-480e-916f-0c9fa7be1b8c.jpg?v=1768898497","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/laughing-boy-a-navajo-love-story-9780618446728","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}