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The Death of Jim Loney

by James Welch · 1979

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Jim Loney is a half-breed Indian living in a small Montana town. He's 35 years old, and he's slowly going mad. A compelling story of the modern American Indian, out of warpaint and costume, with no tribe and no home in nature or the cheap substitutes available to him.

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Setting
1970s1970sMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 192 pages

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