{"product_id":"the-ancient-child-9780060973452","title":"The Ancient Child","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"An intriguing combination of myth, fiction, and storytelling that demonstrates the continuing power and range of Momaday's creative vision....These are magical words. Listen.\" --\u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePulitzer Prize-winning novelist and poet\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eN. Scott Momaday shapes the ancient Kiowa myth of a boy who turned into a bear into a timeless American classic. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Ancient Child\u003c\/em\u003e juxtaposes Indian lore and Wild West legend into a hypnotic, often lyrical contemporary novel. It is the story of Locke Setman, known as Set, a Native American raised far from the reservation by his adoptive father. Set feels a strange aching in his soul and, returning to tribal lands for the funeral of his grandmother, is drawn irresistibly to the fabled bear-boy. When he meets Grey, a beautiful young medicine woman with a visionary gift, his world is turned upside down. Here is a magical saga of one man's tormented search for his identity--a quintessential American novel, and a great one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/12\/1990\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060973452\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.34w x 0.86d","brand":"N. Scott Momaday","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43049378021557,"sku":"9780060973452","price":17.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_92c72878-f59e-4a13-a55f-976d48cd1442.jpg?v=1689688880","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-ancient-child-9780060973452","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}