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Winner of the American Book Award and a critically acclaimed national best seller, Reservation Blues continues to find new and adoring readers in academic and popular circles alike. In 1931, Robert Johnson allegedly sold his soul to the devil, receiving legendary blues skills in return. He... read more

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Reservation Blues is a fictional story about a Native American man named Thomas Builds-The-Fire, a Spokane Indian story teller, who is given a guitar by a famous musician, neither white nor Native American, famous bluesman Robert Johnson. With this guitar Thomas creates a band composed of... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

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  1. Sherman Alexie (Author)
 

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