Indian legends of Canada / Ella Elizabeth Clark.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clark, Ella E. (Ella Elizabeth), 1896-1984, author.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Caroline F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the American Wilderness (University of Pennsylvania)

Schimmel, Caroline F., donor, associated name.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Canada--Folklore.

Indians of North America.

Canada.

Legends--Canada.

Legends.

Genre:

Folklore.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xiii pages, 1 unnumbered page, 177 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 25 cm

Manufacture:

Aylesbury ; and Slough, England : Printed and bound by Hazell Watson and Viney Ltd.

Place of Publication:

[Toronto] : McClelland and Stewart Limited, [1960]

Summary:

Selections from the oral literature of the Indians of Canada. Anthology of myths, legends, personal narratives, and historical traditions from tribes in all the culture areas or physiographic regions of the country.

Contents:

Tales of long ago when the world was young

Culture myths: the beginning of Indian ways of living

Nature myths and beast fables

Myths and legends of landscape features

A medley of stories

Personal narratives and historical traditions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [173]-177) and index.

Local Notes:

Schimmel Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2016 by Caroline F. Schimmel.

Schimmel Collection copy: dust jacket retained.

ISBN:

0771021216

9780771021213

0771021224

9780771021220

OCLC:

3614922