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A story as sharp as a knife: The classical Haida mythtellers and their world
A story as sharp as a knife The classical Haida mythtellers and their world
Author: Robert Bringhurst
The Haida world is a misty archipelago a hundred stormy miles off the coasts of British Columbia and Alaska. For more than a thousand years before the Europeans came, a great culture flourished on these islands. In 1900 and 1901 the linguist and ethnographer John Swanton took dictation from the last traditional Haida-speaking storytellers, poets...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781550544923
ISBN-10: 1550544926
Pages: 527
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Publisher: Douglas & McIntyre
Book Type: Unknown Binding
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