Red Earth White Earth - Hardcover Author:Will Weaver Story of a young man's coming-of-age in the Minnesota farm country in the 1950s, his coming to terms with the land that was his birthright and the people who shaped his childhood: his pround grandfather, Helmer; his embittered father, Martin; his brave rebellious mother, Madeline, and his "blood brother" and best friend, Tom Little Wolf, an Ame... more »rican Indian struggling to regain the land and self-respect of his people. Guy Pehrsson is a successful Silicon Valley entrepreneur whose life is suddenly turned upside down when he receives an ominous letter from his grandfather summoning him home to their Minnesota farm. There he finds the world of his childhood, one of unambiguous truths, shattered. Indians have reasserted their claim to the flatlands where the Pehrsson farm lies, and which exploitative bankers also threaten to repossess. The story speaks of how Guy Pehrsson makes peace with his past, confronts his present and faces his future unburdened.« less