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Big Medicine from Six Nations (The Iroquois and Their Neighbors)
by Williams, Ted C
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0815608632
- ISBN 13
- 9780815608639
- Seller
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Martinsville, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2007. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A very crisp and clean used copy; almost new and unread condition; gift quality! Blue cloth with red lettering on the spine. 343 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and informative pages! "Big Medicine from Six Nations is a series of reminiscences and essays by the late Ted Williams, on the themes of "Medicine" (physical/spiritual/psychic healing). Williams intertwines the lore and lifeways of his Tuscarora upbringing, illustrating the dynamic encounter of tradition and innovation at the heart of contemporary Haudenosaunee culture. At the same time, Williams writes with an irreverence, irony, and good humor unmistakably his own.Colored by Ted's wry and irreverent wit, Big Medicine from Six Nations amply fulfills the promise of its title. It offers a fascinating view, not only of herbal medicine, but of prayers, omens, feasts, vision quests, sweat lodges, spirits, humor, and the sacred teachings of the Great Law of the Great Peace. But readers will find that there is more to this book, about the "spiritual mechanics" of humankind writ large......
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- Bookseller
- Conover Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 051519
- Title
- Big Medicine from Six Nations (The Iroquois and Their Neighbors)
- Author
- Williams, Ted C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0815608632
- ISBN 13
- 9780815608639
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Place of Publication
- Syracuse, NY
- Date Published
- 2007
- Pages
- 343
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- NATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES FOLKLORE AMERICANS MYTHS MYTHOLOGY FOLKTALES TALES STORIES LEGENDS TRIBES TRIBAL RITES INDIANS INDIAN ANTHROPOLOGY HISTORY SOCIOLOGY ARCHAEOLOGY GENEAOLOGY TUSCARORA MEDICINE RELIGION CEREMONIES TRADITIONAL EAST UNITED STATES SHAMA
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