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Legends of Vancouver / by E. Pauline Johnson (Tekahionwake).

Kislak Center for Special Collections - Schimmel Collection Schimmel 7281
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Kislak Center for Special Collections - Schimmel Collection Schimmel Fiction 2626
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Johnson, E. Pauline, 1861-1913.
Contributor:
Caroline F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the American Wilderness (University of Pennsylvania)
Schimmel, Caroline F., donor, associated name.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Legends--British Columbia--Vancouver Island.
Legends.
Squamish Indians (B.C.)--Folklore.
Squamish Indians (B.C.).
Indian mythology--British Columbia--Vancouver Island.
Indian mythology.
Indians of North America--British Columbia--Vancouver Island--Folklore.
Indians of North America.
Vancouver Island (B.C.)--History.
Vancouver Island (B.C.).
British Columbia--Vancouver Island.
Genre:
Folklore.
Penn Provenance:
Schimmel, Caroline F. (bookplate) (donor) (Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel Fiction 2626) (Schimmel 7281))
Davis, Eva (autograph) (Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel 7281))
Physical Description:
xvii, 138 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Edition:
Eighth edition.
Place of Publication:
Vancouver, B.C. : Saturday Sunset Press, 1913.
Contents:
Preface
Author's foreword
Biographical notice
The two sisters
The Siwash Rock
The recluse
The lost salmon run
The deep waters
The sea-serpent
The lost island
Point Grey
The Tulameen Trail
The grey archway
Deadman's Island
A Squamish legend of Napoleon
The lure in Stanley Park
Deer Lake
A royal Mohawk chief.
Local Notes:
Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel Fiction 2626) presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Caroline F. Schimmel with her bookplate on front pastedown.
Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel Fiction 2626) bound in full suede with hand-painted bust portrait in profile of a red-skinned figure wearing Native American dress on left board.
Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel 7281) presented to the Penn Libraries in 2019 by Caroline F. Schimmel.
Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel 7281) has manuscript provenance inscription ("Eva Davis given me by Lady from Vancouver B.C. removed with me at St Helens Ave") in pencil on front free endpaper.
OCLC:
1877600

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