Field of Honor
Title | Field of Honor |
Year for Search | 2004 |
Authors | Birchfield, D. L.(1948-2012) |
Pagination | 236 pp. |
Date Published | 2004 |
Publisher | University of Oklahoma Press |
Place Published | Norman, OK |
ISBN Number | 0-8061-3608-1 |
Keywords | Male 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. |