American Indian Trickster Tales - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670878294 ISBN 13: 9780670878291

Publisher: Viking, 1998

Synopsis

A unique collection of more than one hundred Native American tales -- spanning several centuries and the North American continent -- makes a wonderful companion to a bestselling classicThe authors of the magnificent American Indian Myths and Legends have combined their talents as eminent anthropologist and master storyteller/artist to produce a rich and ribald sequel featuring the myriad tricksters of Southwestern and other Native American oral traditions.From the rascally and irascible Coyote, master thief and insatiable lover of the Southwest, to Iktomi the shapeshifting Lakota spiderman; from Veeho, the Cheyenne daredevil, to Glooscap of the Passamaquoddy; here, in one volume are over one hundred tales from sixty tribes, many recorded from living storytellers. American Indian Trickster Tales -- with over 150 lively and characteristic illustrations can be read aloud and enjoyed by readers of every age, and will entrance folklorists, anthropologists, lovers of Native American literature, and fans of both Joseph Campbell and the Brothers Grimm alike.

About this title

About the Author:

Richard Erdoes is an illustrator, photographer, and author of over twenty books on the American West, including the classics Lame Deer and Lakota Woman. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Richard Erdoes is an illustrator, photographer, and author of over twenty books on the American West, including the classics Lame Deer and Lakota Woman. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Synopsis:

A collection of traditional and contemporary tales from fifty-five North American tribes features the many incarnations of the legendary Trickster character.

About this edition

• Publisher: Viking
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0670878294
• ISBN 13: 9780670878291
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320
• Editor: Ortiz Alfonso, Erdoes Richard