Spirits of the Wild: World's Great Nature Tales - Hardcover

Ferguson, Gary

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0517703696 ISBN 13: 9780517703694

Publisher: Clarkson Potter, 1996

Synopsis

Illustrated with woodcuts, a collection of sixty short nature myths, retold by a popular nature writer and accompanied by informative introductions, is gathered from the world's cultures--from Greece to Africa to the American Southwest. 15,000 first printing.

About this title

Synopsis:

Retells traditional nature myths from Laos, Nigeria, India, Iceland, ancient Greece, Native Americans, Korea, and Ireland about the spirits of the trees and flowers, creatures great and small, the heavens, the makings of earth, and the nature of things.

From the Inside Flap:

the world's best-loved nature writers comes an enchantingly written, inspiring, and beautifully illustrated collection of 60 nature myths from many culture, including Greece, Africa, Sweden, New Zealand, and the American Southwest. Woodcuts throughout.

About this edition

• Publisher: Clarkson Potter
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0517703696
• ISBN 13: 9780517703694
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 160