John Sayles in Person – South Hadley, MA

John Sayles in Person – South Hadley, MA

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Don’t miss this upcoming event in South Hadley, MA. Happening on Thursday, January 30, 2025 at Odyssey Bookshop. Doors open at 7:00 PM.

Join us on Thursday, January 30 at 7 PM as John Sayles talks about his new novel, To Save the Man.

About the Book

In the vein of Never Let Me Go and Killers of the Flower Moon, one of America’s greatest storytellers sheds light on an American tragedy: the Wounded Knee Massacre, and the ‘cultural genocide’ experienced by the Native American children at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School . . .

In September of 1890, the academic year begins at the Carlisle School, a military-style boarding school for Indians in Pennsylvania, founded and run by Captain Richard Henry Pratt. Pratt considers himself a champion of Native Americans. His motto, “To save the man, we must kill the Indian,” is severely enforced in both classroom and dormitory: Speak only English, forget your own language and customs, learn to be white.

As the young students navigate surviving the school, they begin to hear rumors of a “ghost dance” amongst the tribes of the west—a ceremonial dance aimed at restoring the Native People to power, and running the invaders off their land. As the hope and promise of the ghost dance sweeps across the Great Plains, cynical newspapers seize upon the story to whip up panic among local whites. The US government responds by deploying troops onto lands that had been granted to the Indians. It is an act that seems certain to end in slaughter.

As news of these developments reaches Carlisle, each student, no matter what their tribe, must make a choice: to follow the white man’s path, or be true to their own way of life . . .

About the Author

John Sayles is an American independent film director, screenwriter, actor, and novelist. He has twice been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, for Passion Fish (1992) and Lone Star (1996). He has written eight novels, the most recent being Yellow Earth (2020) and JAMIE MACGILLIVRAY: The Renegade’s Journey (2023), which was a New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice.

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Event ID - 1082620429849

Event Venue - Odyssey Bookshop

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Event City - South Hadley

Event State - MA

 

Date And Time

Thursday, January 30th, 2025 @ 07:00 PM (EST)
 

Venue

Odyssey Bookshop
 

Location

9 College Street, South Hadley, MA 01075
 

Event Category

Massachusetts

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