Old Raven's World by Jean West Maury illustrated by Ben Kutcher 1st Edition Hardcover 1931 Tlingit Native American Folklore
Title: Old Raven's World
Author: Jean West Maury
Illustrator: Ben Kutcher
Description: First Edition, First Printing (October, 1931). Black cloth boards stamped in red. A few faint blemishes to boards. Interior Pictorial endpapers. One page with small, very light smudges. Color frontis and six illustrated plates. xiv, 284 pp. 8 x 5.75 inches.
Tlingit Indian folklore and legends are told to Taps, a young American boy visiting Alaska. The author, Jean West Maury (1875-1964), spent several years in Alaska collecting Tlingit tales, including those of how the light of the sun was given to the earth, how the earth is held in place, the legend of the flood, how the echo was developed, etc.
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good+
Jacket Condition: None
Publisher: Little, Brown, and Company
Place: Boston
Year: 1931
Language: English
ISBN: n/a
Keywords: Tlingit, Indians, folklore, Alaska, British Columbia, Native Americans, First Peoples, creation myths,
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