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Reservation Blues

Reservation Blues

Author(s): Sherman Alexie

Location(s): New York City (NYC), Seattle, Washington State

Genre(s): Fiction

Era(s): Second half of the 20th Century

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Only Big Mom can help when you’ve made a deal with the Devil. Robert Johnson, legendary blues man, arrives at the Spokane Reservation looking for relief. Thomas Builds-the-Fire shows him the way and finds himself owner of the great man’s guitar. So, with Victor Joseph, Junior Polatkin and Chess and Checkers Warm Water, he hits the road, taking their four-and-a-half-chord rock and blues band to reservation bars, small town taverns, and the urban landscapes of Seattle and Manhattan.

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A rich and profoundly moving book – Sheridan –

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