The Girl Who Married a Ghost and Other Tales from the North American Indian

by Edward S. Curtis, John Bierhorst (Editor)

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Ghost stories, trickster tales, and other pieces of authentic Native American folklore are combined with Edward Curtis's haunting photographs.

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Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952) moved to Seattle in 1891. Convinced he was witnessing an irreversible loss of Native American culture, he began a series of journeys across the West to photograph members of various tribes. Between 1896 and 1930, Curtis visited and photographed every major Native American tribe -- 80 in all -- west of the Mississippi
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John Bierhorst's many books on Latin American folklore & mythology include "The Mythology of South America", "The Mythology of Norther America" & "The Mythology of Mexico & Central America". A specialist in the language & literature of the Aztecs, he is the author of a Nahuatal-English dictionary & the translator of Cantares Mexicanos. He served show more as editorial advisor for the Smithsonian Series of Studies in Native American Literature; editorial associate for The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces; & editorial consultant for the Encyclopedia of North American Indians. He lives in West Shokan, New York. (Publisher Provided) show less

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The Girl Who Married a Ghost and Other Tales from the North American Indian

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Teen, Nonfiction, Fiction and Literature
DDC/MDS
398.2Society, government, & cultureCustoms, etiquette & folkloreFolklore & FolktalesFolk literature
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E98 .F6 .C93History of the United StatesAmericaIndians of North America

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