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Thunder Bay Canada: Thunder Bay Historical Society, 2001. Paperback. As New. Reprinting of the 1924 Kinkerbocker Press New York edition. 134 pages. "We are just beginning to realize the charm and importance of Indian legends. 'Too late, perhaps,' wrote W. S. Piper when he first published this book in 1924, as many of the old time Ojibways, who translated freely, had passed away." Chief Skeet, Luke Busby, Chief Penassie, Chief Blackstone and Joe Turtle. ; 6 x 9
The Eagle of Thunder Cape by PIPER, W. S - 1924
by PIPER, W. S
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The Eagle of Thunder Cape
by PIPER, W. S
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New York: The Knickerbocker Press, 1924. Hardcover. Good. x, 235 p. 19 cm. Frontisportrait with onionskin plus 22 b&w plates. Blue cloth hardcover with gold impression. Edges worn. Inscribed on front free end paper. A touch of foxing.
This book aims to preserve the legends and stories of the Ojibway First Nation in the Thunder Bay area. Contents: Introduction; the Lost Mother Mine; the Legend of Green Mantle; and a Summer Vacation on the North Shore of Lake Superior. The author consulted several indigenous friends of the tribe, but the book remains a colonial perspective on the tribe and their land.
This book aims to preserve the legends and stories of the Ojibway First Nation in the Thunder Bay area. Contents: Introduction; the Lost Mother Mine; the Legend of Green Mantle; and a Summer Vacation on the North Shore of Lake Superior. The author consulted several indigenous friends of the tribe, but the book remains a colonial perspective on the tribe and their land.
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Attic Books
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- Format/Binding Hardcover
- Book Condition Used - Good
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher The Knickerbocker Press
- Place of Publication New York
- Date Published 1924
- Keywords natives, aboriginal, legends, myths, Thunder Bay, Canadiana, first nations, Spirituality, Rites and ceremonies
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The Eagle of Thunder Cape
by Piper, W. S
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- 9780920119440 / 0920119441
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