People of the whale a novel

Summary: Raised in a remote seaside village, Thomas Witka Just marries Ruth, his beloved since infancy. But an ill-fated decision to fight in Vietnam changes his life forever: cut off from his Native American community, he fathers a child with another woman. When he returns home a hero, he finds his tribe in conflict over the decision to hunt a whale, both a symbol of spirituality and rebirth and a means of survival. In the end, he reconciles his two existences, only to see tragedy befall the son he left behind.

Record details

ISBN: 9781433244339 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
ISBN: 1433244330 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
Physical Description: electronic
electronic resource
remote
sound disc
Publisher: Ashland [Mich.] : Blackstone Audio, Inc., 2008.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Downloadable audio file. Title from: Title details screen. Unabridged. Duration: 10:25:24.
System Details Note:	Requires OverDrive Media Console (file size: 149804 KB). Mode of access: World Wide Web.