{"product_id":"walker-and-the-ghost-dance-9780374528140","title":"Walker and the Ghost Dance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDazzling dramas on American themes from the Nobel laureate\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn a cold winter's day on the Dakota plains, Catherine Weldon receives a caller, Kicking Bear, bringing news of Indian rebellion. In the fort nearby, a tiny community splinters apart over how to react. In \u003ci\u003eGhost Dance\u003c\/i\u003e, first performed in 1989, Walcott turns a story with a foregone conclusion -- Sitting Bull and his Sioux followers will die at the hands of the Army and Indian agents -- into a portrait of life at a crossroads of American history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eWalker\u003c\/i\u003e, an opera first performed in 1992 and revised for its revival in 2001, Walcott shifts his attention east, taking for his subject David Walker, the nineteenth-century black abolitionist. In Walcott 's hands Walker becomes a classical hero for his people: a leader who is also a poet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar Strauss \u0026amp; Giroux-3pl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/15\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374528140\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.20h x 4.42w x 0.68d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2002 pg. 81\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2002 pg. 1912\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/15\/2002\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Derek Walcott","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36636653813916,"sku":"9780374528140","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_446294f2-8a2e-422d-8596-795641921ee2.jpg?v=1603842547","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/walker-and-the-ghost-dance-9780374528140","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}