| Indian Old-Man Stories: More Sparks From War; Eagle's Lodge-Fire (1920) Contributor(s): Linderman, Frank B. (Author), Russell, Charles M. (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0548976503 ISBN-13: 9780548976500 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing OUR PRICE: $37.95 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2008 Annotation: The Indians of the northwestern plains always laughed at the tales about Old-man, heard around a campfire after the sun set. For a powerful character, he was comically flawed. Old-man made the world but sometimes forgot the names of things. Victim and victimizer, he seemed closer to common experience than the awesome god Manitou. Frank B. Linderman thought Old-man was, under different names, an undergod for all Indian tribes. These stories--collected from Blackfeet, Chippewa, and Cree elders and first published in 1920--are full of wonder at the way things are. Why children lose their teeth, why eyesight fails with age, why dogs howl at night, why some animals wear camouflage--these and other mysteries, large and small, are made vividly sensible. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology |
| Dewey: 398.2 |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6" W x 9" (1.06 lbs) 212 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American |