One Good Story, That One: Stories

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One Good Story, That One OTHER BOOKS BY THOMAS KING PUBLISHED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA PRESS The InconvenientIndian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America A Short History of Indians in Canada: Stories The Truth About Stories: A Native Narrative One Good Story, That One STORIES BY Thomas King University of Minnesota Press Minneapolis Originally published in 1993 by HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. Published in 2013 in the United States by the University of Minnesota Press Copyright 1993 by Thomas King All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Published by the University of Minnesota Press in Third Avenue South, Suite 290 Minneapolis, MN 55401-2520 http://www.upress.umn.edu Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data King, Thomas, 1943— {Short stories. Selections} One good story, that one : stories / Thomas King. ISBN 978-0-8166-8978-1 (pb : acid-free paper) I. Title. PR9I99-3.K4422O63 2013 813'.54—DC23 2013027014 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper The University of Minnesota is an equal-opportunity educator and employer. 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 i For my brother, Christopher, who knows why I got the car and how late the bowling alley stayed open. This page intentionally left blank ...