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Michael Dorris

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born

January 30, 1945 in Louisville, KY, The United States

died

April 10, 1997

gender

male

website

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~nas/history/Dorris.html

genre

Nonfiction, Literature & Fiction, Children's Books

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Michael Dorris was a novelist, short story writer, nonfiction writer, and author of books for children

The first member of his family to attend college, Dorris graduated from Georgetown with honors in English and received his graduate degree in anthropology from Yale. Dorris worked as a professor of English and anthropology at Dartmouth College.

Dorris was part-Native American through the lineage of his paternal. He founded the Native American Studies department at Dartmouth in 1972 and chaired it until 1985.

In 1971, Dorris became the first unmarried man in the United States to adopt a child. His adopted son, Reynold Abel, was diagnosed with fetal alcohol syndrome and his condition became the subject of Dorris' The Broken Cord,(the pseudony...more

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Books by Michael Dorris

Average rating: 3.64 · 8,087 ratings · 1,016 reviews · 28 distinct works

	A Yellow Raft in Blue Water 3.72 avg rating — 5,220 ratings — published 1987 — 17 editions	My rating:
	The Broken Cord by Michael Dorris, Louise Erdrich (Foreword by) 3.89 avg rating — 610 ratings — published 1989 — 7 editions	My rating:
	The Crown of Columbus by Michael Dorris, Louise Erdrich 3.17 avg rating — 668 ratings — published 1991 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Morning Girl 3.29 avg rating — 476 ratings — published 1900 — 16 editions	My rating:
	Cloud Chamber: A Novel 3.57 avg rating — 298 ratings — published 1997 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Sees Behind Trees 3.67 avg rating — 119 ratings — published 1900 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Working Men: Stories 3.72 avg rating — 83 ratings — published 1993 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Guests 3.40 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 1900 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Paper Trail: Essays 3.49 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 1994 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Window by Michael Dorris, Ken Robbins 3.54 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 1900 — 5 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by Michael Dorris

“Don't ask so many questions and they will all be answered.”
― Michael Dorris, A Yellow Raft in Blue Water

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“Here are two facts that should not both be true:
- There is sufficient food produced in the world every year to feed every human being on the planet.
- Nearly 800 million people literally go hungry every day, with more than a third of the earth's population -- 2 billion men and women -- malnourished one way or another, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization.”
― Michael Dorris, Rooms in the House of Stone: The "Thistle" Series of Essays

tags: agriculture , distribution , famine , food , hunger

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“Fear is a memory of better times. Fear is a dream.”
― Michael Dorris, Rooms in the House of Stone: The "Thistle" Series of Essays

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