The Tra Vigne Cookbook |
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Author:
| Chiarello, Michael |
Photographer:
| Petzke, Karl |
As told to:
| Wisner, Penelope |
ISBN: | 978-0-8118-1986-2 |
Publication Date: | Sep 1999 |
Publisher: | Chronicle Books LLC
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $40.00 |
Book Description:
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Every winter, Tommy Jack McMorsey watches the meteor showers in northern Minnesota. On the long haul from Texas to Minnesota, Tommy encounters a deluded Japanese tourist determined to find the buried ransom money from the movie
Fargo. When the Japanese tourist dies of exposure in Tommy Jack’s care, a media storm erupts and sets off a series of journeys into Tommy Jack’s past as he remembers the horrors of Vietnam, a love affair, and the suicide of his closest...
More DescriptionEvery winter, Tommy Jack McMorsey watches the meteor showers in northern Minnesota. On the long haul from Texas to Minnesota, Tommy encounters a deluded Japanese tourist determined to find the buried ransom money from the movieFargo. When the Japanese tourist dies of exposure in Tommy Jack’s care, a media storm erupts and sets off a series of journeys into Tommy Jack’s past as he remembers the horrors of Vietnam, a love affair, and the suicide of his closest friend, Fred Howkowski. Exploring with great insight and wit the ways images, stereotypes, and depictions intersect with,Extra Indiansoffers a powerful glimpse into contemporary Native American life.