The Resource The broken cord, Michael Dorris ; with a foreword by Louise Erdrich
The broken cord, Michael Dorris ; with a foreword by Louise Erdrich
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The item The broken cord, Michael Dorris ; with a foreword by Louise Erdrich represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Waubonsee Community College.
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- Summary
- This book is the inspiring story of a family confronted with a problem with no known solution and the first book for the general reader that describes the tragedy and lifelong blight of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. In 1971, Michael Dorris became one of the first unmarried men in the United States to legally adopt a very young child, and affectionate Sioux Indian he named Adam. At that time, little was revealed about Adam's past except that his biological mother died of alcohol poisoning. During the course of the next two decades, the growing Dorris family (through the single-parent adoption of two more infants, and the 1981 marriage to writer Louise Erdrich, which produced three more children) went through a time of alarming discovery as the new information about the genetic and cultural causes of FAS became apparent and paralleled the family's battle to solve their oldest son's developing health and learning problems. Author Michael Dorris explains how traditions weave through the lives of many Native Americans and how alcoholism and despair have shattered so many lives. He also chronicles the effects of fetal alcohol syndrome on their adopted son and on the Native American community as a whole. -- from Publisher description
- Language
- eng
- Label
- The broken cord
- Title
- The broken cord
- Statement of responsibility
- Michael Dorris ; with a foreword by Louise Erdrich
- Subject
-
- Biography
- Erlebnisbericht
- Family -- psychology
- Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
- Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders -- Patients -- United States -- Biography
- Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders -- Patients | Family relationships
- Fetal alcohol syndrome -- Patients
- Fetal alcohol syndrome -- Patients | Family relationships
- Fetal alcohol syndrome patients -- Family relationships
- Fetale Alkoholspektrumstörung
- Kind
- United States
- Biographies
- Biographies
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- This book is the inspiring story of a family confronted with a problem with no known solution and the first book for the general reader that describes the tragedy and lifelong blight of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. In 1971, Michael Dorris became one of the first unmarried men in the United States to legally adopt a very young child, and affectionate Sioux Indian he named Adam. At that time, little was revealed about Adam's past except that his biological mother died of alcohol poisoning. During the course of the next two decades, the growing Dorris family (through the single-parent adoption of two more infants, and the 1981 marriage to writer Louise Erdrich, which produced three more children) went through a time of alarming discovery as the new information about the genetic and cultural causes of FAS became apparent and paralleled the family's battle to solve their oldest son's developing health and learning problems. Author Michael Dorris explains how traditions weave through the lives of many Native Americans and how alcoholism and despair have shattered so many lives. He also chronicles the effects of fetal alcohol syndrome on their adopted son and on the Native American community as a whole. -- from Publisher description
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Dorris, Michael
- Dewey number
- 362.1/968
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- RG629.F45
- LC item number
- D67 1989
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- NLM call number
- WQ 211 D716 1989
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Erdrich, Louise
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
- Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
- Fetal alcohol syndrome
- Fetal alcohol syndrome
- United States
- Fetale Alkoholspektrumstörung
- Erlebnisbericht
- Kind
- Fetal alcohol syndrome patients
- Family
- Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
- Label
- The broken cord, Michael Dorris ; with a foreword by Louise Erdrich
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-300)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocm19518477
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xix, 300 pages
- Isbn
- 9780060160715
- Lccn
- 88045893
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o19518477
- (OCoLC)19518477
- Label
- The broken cord, Michael Dorris ; with a foreword by Louise Erdrich
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-300)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocm19518477
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xix, 300 pages
- Isbn
- 9780060160715
- Lccn
- 88045893
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o19518477
- (OCoLC)19518477
Subject
- Biography
- Erlebnisbericht
- Family -- psychology
- Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
- Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders -- Patients -- United States -- Biography
- Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders -- Patients | Family relationships
- Fetal alcohol syndrome -- Patients
- Fetal alcohol syndrome -- Patients | Family relationships
- Fetal alcohol syndrome patients -- Family relationships
- Fetale Alkoholspektrumstörung
- Kind
- United States
- Biographies
- Biographies
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