Indian Legends of Canada

by Ella Elizabeth Clark

Book Overview

The role of storyteller was always a very special one among Native Americans, combining the functions of philosopher, historian, and entertainer. Winter was the time for the stories around the fire, when the hunt was over and people longed to be "lifted to the fairyland of pure imagination," as an early twentieth-century Native American has said. This book contains the magic created around the Indian fireside, for readers of all ages. It includes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0771021224
• ISBN13: 9780771021220
• Release Date: January 1977
• Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 9.0"