The Basket Woman: A Book of Indian Tales for Children - Softcover
"In preparing this volume of western myths for school use the object has been not so much to provide authentic Indian Folk-tales, as to present certain aspects of nature as they appear in the myth-making mood, that is to say, in the form of strongest appeal to the child mind." -Mary Austin
Through the goodhearted but mysterious Basket Woman, swaggering young glaciers, an ancient Paiute Indian, and sharp-minded rabbits become the companions and teachers of Alan, the young son of homesteaders in early Nevada. The Basket Woman doesn't simply tell these stories: She transports her young friend into a powerful mythic realm where Alan learns the secret of the trees and animals and the wisdom of the people who flourished before the arrival of white settlers. A preface by Austin provides ample context for a scholastic appreciation of one of this remarkable writer's most important works.
CONTENTS
The Basket Woman—First Story
The Basket Woman—Second Story
The Stream That Ran Away
The Coyote-Spirit and the Weaving Woman
The Cheerful Glacier
The Merry-go-Round
The Christmas Tree
The Fire Bringer
The Crooked Fir
The Sugar Pine
The Golden Fortune
The White-Barked Pine
Ná Ÿang-Wit'e, The First Rabbit Drive
Mahala Joe
Pronouncing Vocabulary
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About the Author:
One of the early nature writers of the American Southwest, Mary Hunter Austin’s many classics including The Land of Little Rain (1903) describe the fauna, flora and people – as well as evoking the mysticism and spirituality – of the region between the High Sierras and the Mojave Desert of southern California. "All of these stories are so nearly true that you need not be troubled in the least about believing them." So begins author Mary Austin in the preface to her 1904 collection of "fanciful tales for children" of the myths and legends of the first peoples of the Sierra Nevada and Yosemite region. Austin, an amateur naturalist and a keen observer of human influence on the landscape, here regales us with the charming stories of: "The Basket Woman" · "The Stream That Ran Away" "The Cheerful Glacier" "The Christmas Tree" "The Fire Bringer" "The White-Barked Pine" and others. American author MARY HUNTER AUSTIN (1868-1934) wrote numerous novels, poems, plays, and works of criticism, much of it centered on feminist, environmental, and multicultural issues. She is best remembered for her writing on matters concerning Native American rights and the deserts of the American Southwest.
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- PublisherCreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- Publication date2015
- ISBN 10 1511530820
- ISBN 13 9781511530828
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages132
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