Raven's Children: WORD SKETCHES OF THE LAND AND NATIVE ARCTIC PEOPLES OF Alaska - Couverture souple

Condor, Jacques

 
9780595288670: Raven's Children: WORD SKETCHES OF THE LAND AND NATIVE ARCTIC PEOPLES OF Alaska
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ISBN 10 : 0595288677 ISBN 13 : 9780595288670
Editeur : iUniverse, 2003

Synopsis

Songs, stories, legends and chants of the Eskimo people of the Arctic Rim and Alaska-the Yupik, Inuit, Inupiat, Chukchi, Inuvialiut, Loucheux, Denendeh and other Northern First Nations-are the material from which the word-sketches of Raven's Children are made.The author prefers not to call this collection 'poetry,' but in one way that is what this book is: poetry. Here then is a sort of poetry where stories of life's experiences are distilled into feelings and thoughts that are universal. Tales taken from real-life travels and adventures among the dwellers of the land of the white dawn are in these pages. Here are tales of love, betrayal, courage, defeat, acceptance, loss, grief, passion, delight, courting, coming of age, birth and death, youth and old age, hunting and surviving. The day-to-day existence; the business of survival in a harsh land is the theme; the people, places and animals of Alaska and the Northland are the subjects."These great people, their lives entwined and dependent upon one another in the inhospitable world they inhabit, inspired me to create these word-sketches detailing a land, its people and animals, at many points in time and in many places across the Arctic Rim."-Jacques L. Condor (Maka Tai Meh)

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Songs, stories, legends and chants of the Eskimo people of the Arctic Rim and Alaska-the Yupik, Inuit, Inupiat, Chukchi, Inuvialiut, Loucheux, Denendeh and other Northern First Nations-are the material from which the word-sketches of Raven's Children are made.The author prefers not to call this collection 'poetry,' but in one way that is what this book is: poetry. Here then is a sort of poetry where stories of life's experiences are distilled into feelings and thoughts that are universal. Tales taken from real-life travels and adventures among the dwellers of the land of the white dawn are in these pages. Here are tales of love, betrayal, courage, defeat, acceptance, loss, grief, passion, delight, courting, coming of age, birth and death, youth and old age, hunting and surviving. The day-to-day existence; the business of survival in a harsh land is the theme; the people, places and animals of Alaska and the Northland are the subjects."These great people, their lives entwined and dependent upon one another in the inhospitable world they inhabit, inspired me to create these word-sketches detailing a land, its people and animals, at many points in time and in many places across the Arctic Rim."-Jacques L. Condor (Maka Tai Meh)

Biographie de l'auteur

Jacques L. Condor (Maka Tai Meh), resident of Alaska and the Northwest Coast, taught the culture of his Native American heritage in the Far East, Alaska, Canada, and in many U.S. states. He has traveled extensively in Canada and Alaska among the First Nations peoples collecting legends. Condor?s books include CONDOR TALES, Native American suspense and fantasy stories from Alaska and Canada. Condor can be reached at: makataimeh@earthlink.net

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Éditeur
iUniverse
Date d'édition
2003
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0595288677
ISBN 13 
9780595288670
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
134
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9780595749287: Raven's Children: Word Sketches of the Land and Native Arctic Peoples of Alaska

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0595749283 ISBN 13 :  9780595749287
Editeur : iUniverse, 2003
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