Matches in Harvard for { <http://id.lib.harvard.edu/aleph/001758736/catalog> ?p ?o. }
Showing items 1 to 28 of
28
with 100 items per page.
- catalog abstract "This book is the inspiring story of a family confronted with a problem with no known solution and the first book for the general reader that describes the tragedy and lifelong blight of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. In 1971, Michael Dorris became one of the first unmarried men in the United States to legally adopt a very young child, and affectionate Sioux Indian he named Adam. At that time, little was revealed about Adam's past except that his biological mother died of alcohol poisoning. During the course of the next two decades, the growing Dorris family (through the single-parent adoption of two more infants, and the 1981 marriage to writer Louise Erdrich, which produced three more children) went through a time of alarming discovery as the new information about the genetic and cultural causes of FAS became apparent and paralleled the family's battle to solve their oldest son's developing health and learning problems. Author Michael Dorris explains how traditions weave through the lives of many Native Americans and how alcoholism and despair have shattered so many lives. He also chronicles the effects of fetal alcohol syndrome on their adopted son and on the Native American community as a whole. -- from Publisher description".
- catalog contributor b2520558.
- catalog created "c1989.".
- catalog date "1989".
- catalog date "c1989.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1989.".
- catalog description "Bibliography: p. [285]-300.".
- catalog description "This book is the inspiring story of a family confronted with a problem with no known solution and the first book for the general reader that describes the tragedy and lifelong blight of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. In 1971, Michael Dorris became one of the first unmarried men in the United States to legally adopt a very young child, and affectionate Sioux Indian he named Adam. At that time, little was revealed about Adam's past except that his biological mother died of alcohol poisoning. During the course of the next two decades, the growing Dorris family (through the single-parent adoption of two more infants, and the 1981 marriage to writer Louise Erdrich, which produced three more children) went through a time of alarming discovery as the new information about the genetic and cultural causes of FAS became apparent and paralleled the family's battle to solve their oldest son's developing health and learning problems. Author Michael Dorris explains how traditions weave through the lives of many Native Americans and how alcoholism and despair have shattered so many lives. He also chronicles the effects of fetal alcohol syndrome on their adopted son and on the Native American community as a whole. -- from Publisher description".
- catalog extent "xix, 300 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Broken cord.".
- catalog identifier "0060160713 :".
- catalog isFormatOf "Broken cord.".
- catalog issued "1989".
- catalog issued "c1989.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Harper & Row,".
- catalog relation "Broken cord.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "362.3 19".
- catalog subject "Family psychology.".
- catalog subject "Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.".
- catalog subject "Fetal alcohol syndrome Patients Family relationships.".
- catalog subject "Fetal alcohol syndrome Patients United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "RG629.F45 D67 1989".
- catalog subject "WQ 211 D716 1989".
- catalog title "The broken cord / Michael Dorris ; with a foreword by Louise Erdrich.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".