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Indian legends / by Marion Foster Washburne ... ; with an introduction, suggestions to teachers, and a bibliography by Alice Corbin Henderson ; illustrated by Frederick Richardson.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Washburne, Marion Foster, 1863- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indians of North America--Folklore.
- Indians of North America.
- Genre:
- Folklore.
- Penn Provenance:
- Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel Collection copy)
- Riverside Public Library (Calif.) (stamp) (Schimmel Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 144 pages, [8] leaves of color plates : illustrations (some color) ; 20 cm
- Edition:
- Edition of 1929.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : Rand, McNally & Company, 1929.
- Summary:
- A collection of Native American tales, including Navajo and Micmac legends, a few stories of unstated tribal provenance, and a 'totem tale' entitled 'How the Bear Family Got Its Name.'.
- Contents:
- The flight from the fourth to the fifth world
- Coyote and the bear maiden
- Scarface: a story of love and medicine
- Tulchuherris
- The Ice King
- How the bear family got its name.
- Hawt, or, The great world concert
- The suggestions to teachers
- Books about American Indians.
- Notes:
- "Books about American Indians": Page 144.
- Local Notes:
- Schimmel Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2016 by Caroline F. Schimmel.
- Schimmel Collection copy has blue ink stamp ("RIVERSIDE PUBLIC LIBRARY RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA") on front free endpaper, page 101 and back pastedown; blue ink withdrawal stamp on front free endpaper and back pastedown.
- Schimmel Collection copy: binding damaged; head outer corner of pages 71-72 torn off with minor loss of text on page 71 and damage to illustration on page 72.
- OCLC:
- 1423774480
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