The Crown of Columbus

Harper Collins, 1991

THE LATEST OFFERING of Dartmouth's foremost literary couple lashes a tale of Dartmouth to a retelling of Columbus's world-shattering landing in the Caribbean. Erdrich, who majored in English at Dartmouth, and Dorris, who founded the College's Native-American Studies Program, set two fictional Dartmouth profs on the trail of a mystery involving Columbus. We follow them into the carrels and archives of Baker Library, into a Native-American Studies seminar, even, thrill of thrills, into the offices of the Alumni Magazine.