| Heroes and Heroines: Tlingit-Haida Legend Contributor(s): Beck, Mary Giraudo (Author) |
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ISBN: 0882409654 ISBN-13: 9780882409658 Publisher: Alaska Northwest Books OUR PRICE: $24.29 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies - Social Science | Folklore & Mythology - Social Science | Customs & Traditions |
| Dewey: 398.208 |
| LCCN: 89014931 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.25" W x 9.25" (0.75 lbs) 114 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American |
| 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. |
