Nightland: A Novel

by Louis Owens

Overview

In the hot, dry New Mexico wilderness, Will and Billy, two half-Cherokee ranchers, discover a corpse and a suitcase containing nearly a million dollars. As the two friends contemplate what to do with the money, they set into motion a series of events that will cost them more than they want to pay.

Volume 41 in the American Indian Literature and Critical Studies Series

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780806133737
Publisher:	University of Oklahoma Press
Publication date:	10/15/2001
Series:	American Indian Literature and Critical Studies Series , #41
Edition description:	RED RIVER
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	789,359
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.25(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Louis Owens (1948–2002), who was of Choctaw-Cherokee-Irish descent, was Professor of English at the University of New Mexico. He is the author of several books, including Other Destinies: Understanding the American Indian Novel and the novels The Sharpest Sight and Bone Game.