Pueblo Indian Folk-Stories - Couverture souple

Lummis, Charles F.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0803279388 ISBN 13 : 9780803279384

Editeur : Bison Books, 1992

Synopsis

Book by Lummis Charles F

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

This is a collection of stories from the Isleta Pueblo people of New Mexico. Charles Lummis [1859-1928] was a pioneering writer, photographer, amateur anthropologist and adventurer who, according to himself, invented the term 'The Southwest'. In 1884, Lummis took a hike from Cincinnati to Los Angeles, which he later chronicled in his best-selling book, A Tramp Across the Continent (1892). In 1885, he became city editor for the Los Angeles Times, and later covered the Apache wars in Arizona. In 1888, Lummis suffered a stroke. To convalesce, he moved to New Mexico, where he embedded himself in Pueblo culture and collected the stories in this book. This was originally published as The Man Who Married the Moon in 1894, and revised and enlarged as the present text in 1910. Lumis moved back to Los Angeles, where he made his home, El Alisal, and founded the Southwest Museum in 1914, at the foot of Mount Washington in East Los Angeles. He also helped restore the Spanish missions in California. (Quote from sacred-texts.com)

About the Author

Charles Fletcher Lummis (1859 - 1928)
Charles Fletcher Lummis (born March 1, 1859 in Lynn, Massachusetts; died November 24, 1928, in Los Angeles, California) was a United States journalist and Indian activist; he is also acclaimed as a historian, photographer, poet and librarian.

Lummis lost his mother at age 2 and was homeschooled by his father, who was a schoolmaster. Lummis enrolled in Harvard and was a classmate of Theodore Roosevelt, but dropped out during his senior year. While at Harvard he worked summers as a printer and published his first work, Birch Bark Poems, a small volume of his works printed on paper thin sheets of birch bark, winning him acclaim from Life magazine and recognition from some of the day's leading poets. He s

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As I COME IN, KINDLY OLD TATA LORENSO IS JUST BE- GINNING A STORY 7THE COYOTE CARRIES THE BABY TO THE ANTELOPE MOTHER 15 RAIN FALLS ON PEE-K HOO 18 THE TWO RUNNERS CAME SWEEPING DOWN THE HOME- STRETCH, STRAINING EVERY NERVE 2O AS HE CAUGHT THE HOOP HE WAS INSTANTLY CHANGED INTO A POOR COYOTE !37 COYOTE, ARE YOU PEOPLE? 41 As HE SEIZED IT HE WAS CHANGED FROM A TALL YOUNG MAN INTO A GREAT RATTLESNAKE 45 THE COYOTES AT SUPPER WITH THE WOODPECKERS 50 THE ISLETA GIRLS GRINDING CORN WITH THE MANO ON THE METATE 56 THE MOON-MAIDEN 57 THE YELLOW-CORN-MAIDENS THROWING MEAL AT THE PEARL OMATE 59 THE GRIEF OF NAH-CHU-RU-CHU 65 THE WITCH MADE HERSELF VERY SMALL, AND WENT BEHIND THE FOOT OF A BIG CRANE 95 IX .
(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)

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À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Bison Books
• Date d'édition: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0803279388
• ISBN 13: 9780803279384
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 257