Lone Dog Road A Novel
Lone Dog Road by Kent Nerburn, published by New World Library on May 20, 2025, is a novel that unfolds during the drought-stricken summer of 1950. The story follows two Lakota boys, aged eleven and six, as they escape from a government agent intent on sending the younger boy to an Indian boarding school. Their journey across the Dakota plains to the pipestone quarries of western Minnesota becomes a complex narrative of intersecting lives and the challenges they face along the way.
Readers will find a rich tapestry of characters that the boys encounter, each contributing to a deeper exploration of compassion and redemption. The novel delves into themes of community and culture, highlighting the connection between the land and the people who inhabit it. With 504 pages, this edition presents a moving study of how personal and collective histories intertwine, making Lone Dog Road a significant addition to the landscape of American literature.
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A tale of compassion and redemption from an award-winning author whose writing Louise Erdrich has praised as “storytelling with a greatness of heart”
During the drought-stricken summer of 1950, two Lakota boys, ages eleven and six, huddle in a boxcar hurtling through the prairie night as they run from a government agent sent to take the younger boy to an Indian boarding school. But what begins as a pursuit soon becomes a complex drama of intersecting lives as the boys make their way across the vast Dakota plains to the pipestone quarries of western Minnesota to replace their great-grandfather’s channunpa, or sacred pipe, that was broken by the agent.
Alive with a rich tapestry of characters the boys meet along their journey, this riveting story is at once an exploration of the hidden corners of the human heart and a moving study of the way the land shapes the people who live, love, dream, and die upon it. Sprawling yet intimate, Lone Dog Road is destined to take its place in the grand tradition of great American road novels.
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