Red Earth White Earth Author:Will Weaver Will Weaver writes of a young man's coming-of-age in the Minnesota farm country in the 1950's, his coming to terms with the land that was his birthright and the people who shaped his childhood: his proud grandfather Helmer, the aging patriarch who values God and the land above his own family; his embittered father, Martin, who vents his self-des... more »tructive furies against those dearest to him; his brave, rebellious mother, Madeline, who finds the courage to take her life back into her own hands; and his "blood brother" and best friend Tom LittleWolf, an American Indian struggling to regain the land and self-respect of his people.« less