Field of Honor

TitleField of Honor
Year for Search2004
AuthorsBirchfield, D. L.(1948-2012)
Pagination236 pp.
Date Published2004
PublisherUniversity of Oklahoma Press
Place PublishedNorman, OK
ISBN Number0-8061-3608-1
KeywordsMale author, Native American author
Annotation

Satire set in a future in which the Choctaw nation has been living under the Ouachita Mountains in Oklahoma and have evolved a high-tech society based in part on white slaves captured on the surface, where a cultural genocide is been implemented. Disruption occurs when a half-Choctaw marine deserter discovers the underground civilization.

Info Notes

The novel won the Spur Award from the Western Writers Association for Best First Novel.

Holding Institutions

PSt

Author Note

The Native American (Choctaw) author (1948-2012) taught Native American Literature at a number of U.S. and Canadian universities.

Full Text

2004 Birchfield, D. L. (1948-2012). Field of Honor. A Novel. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. 236 pp. PSt

Satire set in a future in which the Choctaw nation has been living under the Ouachita Mountains in Oklahoma and have evolved a high-tech society based in part on white slaves captured on the surface, where a cultural genocide is been implemented. Disruption occurs when a half-Choctaw marine deserter discovers the underground civilization. The Native American (Choctaw) author taught Native American Literature at a number of U.S. and Canadian universities. The novel won the Spur Award from the Western Writers Association for Best First Novel.