Voices of the Winds: Native American Legends [Hardcover]

Margot Edmonds (Author), Ella E. Clark (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1995 | ISBN-10: 0816020671 | ISBN-13: 978-0816020676 | Edition: First Edition

This wonderfully colorful and appealing anthology gathers more than 130 Native American legends, many told to the authors by elder storytellers and tribal historians.

--This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

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From Library Journal

Traditional stories from 60 native cultures of North America are prefaced by brief headnotes. Sources include government documents, periodicals, histories, and field research (some conducted by Clark). Familiar (Iroquois, Abenaki, Cherokee, Cheyenne) and rarely anthologized (Wasco, Pomo, Yakut, Sanpoil) stories contain archetypical symbols of universal human experience but are arranged regionally instead of thematically, as in Richard Erdoes and Alfonso Ortiz's American Indian Myths and Legends ( LJ 11/15/84). Native American cultures value an end to isolation and the individuals's return to family and tribe, but there are some striking analogs to Western myths; one Pima story neatly parallels the Noah's ark tale. Curiosities include "She-Who-Changeth" for the more common "Changing Woman," gender-exclusive language (" . . . man first appeared . . . "), and a claim that Navajos live today in prosperity.
- Rhoda Carroll, Vermont Coll., Montpelier
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 384 pages
• Publisher: Facts on File; First Edition edition (September 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0816020671
• ISBN-13: 978-0816020676
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.4 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,092,787 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Voices in the Winds, Native American Legends, September 15, 2009

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This book is very good reading. All the stories are short and told in the original style. It is a must read for anyone interested in Native American History and Culture. This should be required reading for Native American Youth.

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing and Insightful Book!, December 22, 2011

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This book was a great treasure I found online while shopping for my dad for Christmas, he loves everything to do with Native American culture since it is a part of bloodline and family history. The book arrived yesterday and I was very impressed! The stories and facts inside were just breathe-taking! There is so much great information with the stories, pictures, and facts. I suggest this to anyone!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Voices of the winds, March 29, 2010

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A very nice collection of stories. Lots I hadn't heard before. A pleasure to add to my collection of stories.