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INDIAN OLD-MAN STORIES
MORE SPARKS FROM WAR EAGLE'S LODGE-FIRE (THE AUTHORIZED EDITION) |
| By: |
Frank Bird Linderman, Charles M. Russell (Illus), Celeste River |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
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£12.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0803280017 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780803280014 |
| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 September, 2001 |
| Pages: |
169 |
| Description: |
These stories, collected from Blackfeet, Chippewa and Cree elders and first published in 1920 - are full of wonder at the way things are. Why children lose their teeth, why eyesight fails with age, why dogs howl at night, why some animals wear camouflage - these and other mysteries are explored. |
| Synopsis: |
The Indians of the northwestern plains always laughed at the tales about Old-man, heard around the lodge fire in the wintertime after sunset. For a powerful character, he was comically flawed. Old-man made the world but sometimes forgot the names of things. Victim and victimizer, he seemed closer to common experience than the awesome god Manitou. Frank B. Linderman thought Old-man was, under different names, a god for many Indian communities. These stories-collected from Chippewa and Cree elders and first published in 1920-are full of wonder at the way things are. Why children lose their teeth, why eyesight fails with age, why dogs howl at night, why some animals wear camouflage-these and other mysteries, large and small, are made vividly sensible. |
| Illustrations: |
Illus. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Bison Books |
| Returns: |
Returnable |