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Star mountain, and other legends of Mexico / by Camilla Campbell ; illustrated by Frederic Marvin.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Schimmel Collection Schimmel Fiction 642
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Campbell, Camilla.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Folklore--Mexico.
- Folklore.
- Mexico.
- Indians of Mexico--Folklore.
- Indians of Mexico.
- Penn Provenance:
- Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 92 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : McGraw-Hill, [1968]
- Summary:
- Twenty stories which mix fact and folklore to explain natural phenomena or incidents in Mexican history.
- Contents:
- Hummingbird and Eagle
- Star Mountain
- Moon-god of the Mayas
- Sleeping woman of the snows
- The bold Mixtec
- The two trees of sadness
- Alvarado's leap
- Our Lady of Guadalupe
- The ghost of Marina
- Our Lady of the Remedies
- City of Angels
- El Niño de la Panelita
- Street of the deer
- China Poblana
- Street of the green cross
- The princess of the lake
- The sad song of Carlota
- The morning-makers
- Pájaro-cú
- 'Mano Coyote
- Guide to pronunciation.
- Local Notes:
- Presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Caroline F. Schimmel.
- Schimmel Collection copy: dust jacket retained.
- OCLC:
- 439993
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