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Legends of Vancouver / by E. Pauline Johnson (Tekahionwake) ; with decorations by J.E.H. MacDonald.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Schimmel Collection Schimmel Fiction 2630
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Johnson, E. Pauline, 1861-1913.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indians of North America--British Columbia--Vancouver--Folklore.
- Indians of North America.
- Squamish Indians (B.C.)--Legends.
- Squamish Indians (B.C.).
- Legends--British Columbia--Vancouver.
- Legends.
- British Columbia--Vancouver.
- Genre:
- Legends.
- Folklore.
- Penn Provenance:
- Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel Collection copy)
- Morse, Helen E. (autograph) (Schimmel Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 165 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm
- Edition:
- New edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto : McClelland and Stewart, 1926.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- "These legends (with two or three exceptions) were told to me personally by my honored friend, the late Chief Joe Capilano, of Vancouver"--P. vii.
- Preface by Bernard McEvoy.
- Local Notes:
- Schimmel Collection copy has ms. inscription ("Christmas 1927.") at foot of half-title leaf.
- Schimmel Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Caroline F. Schimmel.
- Schimmel Collecton copy has dated 20th-century autograph ("Helen E. Morse 1936") on verso of frontispiece plate.
- Schimmel Collection copy: portion of head margin of half-title leaf excised.
- OCLC:
- 1419780
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