Water is the flowing thread in this eerie collection ofNative American myths and contemporary short stories from Washington,Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and British Columbia by the award-winningwriter Jessica Amanda Salmonson.
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Prolific fantasy/folklore/science fiction author Salmonson offers 25 short stories, mostly reworkings of Pacific Northwest Native American myths that tell how various tribes interpret their relationship to water. For example, "The Door to Rainmaker's Lodge" tells the Squamish tale explaining rain. These accounts succeed both as folklore and as short stories. In addition, Salmonson's 30 pages of notes and commentaries give enough background to make the work useful to academics, even though there are no footnotes or index. Salmonson's feminist and science fiction approaches are not found here, although the writing is skillful and straightforward; the narrative collection will retain its interest and value for many years. Highly recommended for libraries in the Pacific Northwest and for libraries collecting myth, folklore, or Native American materials.
Patrick J. Brunet, Western Wisconsin Technological Coll. Lib., La Crosse
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Patrick J. Brunet, Western Wisconsin Technological Coll. Lib., La Crosse
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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This review is from: Phantom Waters: Northwest Legends of Rivers, Lakes, and Shores (Paperback)
This is a relatively nice collection of short stories from the Pacific Northwest, from Native American myths to more recent legends. On their own, most of the stories are interesting, with a few that are really captivating and compelling. However, since Salmonson took the literary license to re-work most of them, she could have done a better job in creating some kind of common tread between them all. Thus, the book is a bit dissappointing. The most interesting part are the notes and commentaries at the end which provide some background on the various myths and legends Salmonson used to write the book.
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