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- catalog abstract ""A work of creative nonfiction inspired by the true story of two South Dakota teenagers, Mark St. Pierre's Of Uncommon Birth draws upon extensive interviews and exhaustive research in military archives to present a story of two young men - one white, one Indian - caught in the vortex of the Vietnam War." "Dale, a young middle-class white American from South Dakota, joins the army during the Vietnam War and dreams of serving his country. Frank, a young Lakota Indian, joins the army both in an effort to flee the seemingly unescapable circumstances of his life and to follow his people's warrior tradition. In Of Uncommon Birth, Mark St. Pierre weaves together the lives of these two young men from very different worlds. Each in his own way struggles with issues of loyalty, responsibility, sacrifice, and personal identity through his experiences in Vietnam." "Of Uncommon Birth presents the ironic story of what it means for an American Indian soldier in Vietnam to let himself become stereotyped as the Native "good luck charm" for his unit as a way to find acceptance, approval, and identity within the majority culture, even if the Brave and Loyal Indian Scout stereotype carries with it the smell of death."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13003150.
- catalog coverage "South Dakota Race relations.".
- catalog created "c2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "c2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
- catalog description ""A work of creative nonfiction inspired by the true story of two South Dakota teenagers, Mark St. Pierre's Of Uncommon Birth draws upon extensive interviews and exhaustive research in military archives to present a story of two young men - one white, one Indian - caught in the vortex of the Vietnam War."".
- catalog description ""Dale, a young middle-class white American from South Dakota, joins the army during the Vietnam War and dreams of serving his country. Frank, a young Lakota Indian, joins the army both in an effort to flee the seemingly unescapable circumstances of his life and to follow his people's warrior tradition. In Of Uncommon Birth, Mark St. Pierre weaves together the lives of these two young men from very different worlds. Each in his own way struggles with issues of loyalty, responsibility, sacrifice, and personal identity through his experiences in Vietnam."".
- catalog description ""Of Uncommon Birth presents the ironic story of what it means for an American Indian soldier in Vietnam to let himself become stereotyped as the Native "good luck charm" for his unit as a way to find acceptance, approval, and identity within the majority culture, even if the Brave and Loyal Indian Scout stereotype carries with it the smell of death."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Table of American Indian Casualties in Vietnam.".
- catalog extent "283 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0806135174 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "c2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Norman, OK : University of Oklahoma Press,".
- catalog spatial "South Dakota Race relations.".
- catalog spatial "South Dakota.".
- catalog spatial "United States South Dakota.".
- catalog subject "959.704/3/0922783 21".
- catalog subject "DS558.2 .S68 2003".
- catalog subject "Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Participation, Indian.".
- catalog subject "Vietnam War, 1961-1975 South Dakota.".
- catalog subject "Vietnam War, 1961-1975 United States South Dakota.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Table of American Indian Casualties in Vietnam.".
- catalog title "Of uncommon birth : Dakota sons in Vietnam / Mark St. Pierre.".
- catalog type "text".