Chamorro legends on the Island of Guam / by Mavis Warner Van Peenen ; with introduction by John A. Peterson ; illustrations by Ric Castro.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Van Peenen, Mavis Warner.

Contributor:

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Series:

Micronesian Area Research Center--publication ; no. 4.

Micronesian Area Research Center--publication

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Chamorro (Micronesian people)--History.

Chamorro (Micronesian people).

Chamorro (Micronesian people)--Folklore.

Legends--Guam.

Legends.

History.

Guam.

Genre:

Folklore.

Physical Description:

xiv, 55, 77, xiv pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Edition:

English-Spanish edition.

Other Title:

Leyendas Chamorras en la Isla de Guam

Place of Publication:

[Mangilao, Guam] : Richard F. Taitano Micronesian Area Research Center, University of Guam, 2008.

Language Note:

In English and Spanish in separate sections, inverted in relation to each other, each with its own cover and title page.

Notes:

"Original version ... written in the Spanish language in Mexico in 1945. English translation completed by author in 1971."

"Cover illustration, On the road to Facpi Point, by Father Marcian Pellett, OFM Cap."--Tp verso.

"Tesis presentada para obtener el grado de Doctor en Literatura, en la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras de la Universidad Nacional Autonóma de México, 1945."--T.p. Spanish text.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 52-55, 77).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

9780980033120

0980033128

OCLC:

310018400