| Heroes and Heroines: Tlingit-Haida Legend Contributor(s): Beck, Mary Giraudo (Author) |
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ISBN: 0882403346 ISBN-13: 9780882403342 Publisher: Alaska Northwest Books OUR PRICE: $11.69 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2003 Annotation: Author Mary L. Beck recounts nine traditional Native American legends from the Northwest Coast. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Native American |
| Dewey: 398.208 |
| LCCN: 89014931 |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 5.9" W x 8.8" (0.45 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Pacific Northwest - Geographic Orientation - Alaska |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Contributor Bio(s): Beck, Mary Giraudo: - Mary G. Beck is a classical scholar (M.A. from Stanford) who has lived in Ketchikan, Alaska beginning in 1951 when she married a third generation Alaskan. Besides rearing a family, she taught literature and writing courses for thirty years at Ketchikan Community College, a branch of the University of Alaska. Mary has an abiding interest in the Native culture of Southeast Alaska and a commitment to recording its oral literature. She is also the author of two other related titles, Shamans and Kushtakas: North Coast Tales of the Supernatural and Potlatch: Native Ceremony and Myth on the Northwest Coast, as well as articles on Native mythology and on travel by small boat to towns and Native communities in Southeast Alaska. She and her husband currently reside in Bellevue, Washington. |
