The Faithful Hunter: Abenaki Stories (Bowman Books) [Paperback]

Juseph Bruchac (Editor)

Book Description

Series: Bowman Books | Publication Date: January 1, 1988

Fiction. Native American Studies. THE FAITHFUL HUNTER: ABENAKI STORIES is Joseph Bruchac's compilation of tales about animal tricksters, human heroes, origins, and landscape. With an Introduction by John Moody and a detailed map of Wabanaki Country, the territory between Boston and Maine, Bruchac offers the stories of a people and the words that governed their ideas of the world and morality. "Old, sacred, and humorous relations between the plants, trees, and animals weave for the reader a tapestry of Wabanaki values and insights"-Winds of Change. With his wife, Carol, Joseph Bruchac is the founder and Co-Director of the Greenfield Review Literary Center and The Greenfield Review Press. He works extensively in projects to preserve the Abenaki culture, language, and skills.

Product Details

• Paperback: 64 pages
• Publisher: Greenfield Review Press (January 1, 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0912678755
• ISBN-13: 978-0912678757
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.3 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,590,190 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Joseph Bruchac is a highly acclaimed Abenaki children's book author, poet, novelist and storyteller, as well as a scholar of Native American culture. Coauthor with Michael Caduto of the bestselling Keepers of the Earth series, Bruchac's poems, articles and stories have appeared in over 500 publications, from Akwesasne Notes and American Poetry Review to National Geographic and Parabola. He has authored more than 50 books for adults and children. For more information about Joseph, please visit his website www.josephbruchac.com.