Frank Speck (Over 1,100 results)

Condition: Good. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Condition: Very Good. Item in very good condition! Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

paperback. Condition: Good.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. This study explores the traditional dances and ceremonies of the Eastern Cherokees. Many of the dances are no longer practised, so that the book provides a valuable record for researchers into the Cherokee tribal history and folklore.

Paperback. Condition: Good. This study explores the traditional dances and ceremonies of the Eastern Cherokees. Many of the dances are no longer practised, so that the book provides a valuable record for researchers into the Cherokee tribal history and folklore.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Reprint of 1949 Edition. Investigates the religious rites of the Cayuga tribe: the thanksgiving for the blessings of life and health performed in long houses on the Six Nations Reserve in Ontario. Rites, dances, and the medicine societies are described. 192 pages plus 16 plates. May have black line on page edge.; 6 x 9".…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is lightly creased; some shelf wear; a date and number are stamped on the ffep; overall a very crisp and clean used copy! Color illustrated wrapper with black and yellow lettering. 134 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and informative pages nicely enhanced by black and white photographs and illustrations! "Traditionally, the Cherokees dance to ensure individual health and social welfare. According to legend, the dance songs bequeathed to them by the Stone Coat monster will assuage all the ills of life that the monster brought. Winter dance (including the Booger Dance, which expresses the Cherokees' anxiety at the white invasion) are to be given only during times of frost, lest they affect the growth of vegetation by attracting cold and death. The summer dance (the Green Corn Ceremony and the Ballplayer's Dance) are associated with crops and vegetation. Other dances are purely for social intercourse and entertainment or are prompted by specific events in the community. When it was first published in 1951, this description of the dances of a conservative Eastern Cherokee band was hailed as a scholarly contribution that could not be duplicated, Frank G. Speak and Leonard Broom had achieved the close and sustained interaction that very best ethnological fieldwork requires. Their principal informant, will West Long, upheld the unbroken ceremonial tradition of the Big Cove band, near Cherokee, North Carolina.".…

Condition: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Wraps. Second PB Edition. Trade PB in glossy illustrated wraps. Fine. xxiv, 112pp inc. textual footnotes, Preface to First Edition, Notes, Bibliography Index; illustrated in photos and drawings. 112 p. Book.

1949/1977/1995. North America, Native Americans. University of Nebraska Press.192p and 16 plates, very good/fine paperback.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 8vo, reprint, illustrated, pages clean and tight. Bound in green boards, white and blue lettering, very good, wrapped in a good dust jacket , just one small edge tears, some rubbing on back panel of jacket otherwise a good copy.

Stapled Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Unmarked, clean and solid copy. 95 pages. Brown covers with map of Iroquois lands. Illustrated (illustrator).

Condition: New. pp. 18.

Condition: New. pp. 90.

Condition: New. pp. 11.

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Contents are tight and clean; ex-library.

Condition: New. pp. 18.

paperback. Condition: Good.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Cover is in excellent condition, save for minimal corner bumping. Text is otherwise tight in binding. Text is clean and free of blemishes throughout. No other markings or indications of note. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.