| Living Stories of the Cherokee Contributor(s): Duncan, Barbara R. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0807847194 ISBN-13: 9780807847190 Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: June 1998 Annotation: Six celebrated Eastern Cherokee storytellers present 72 traditional and contemporary tales, including animal stories, ghost stories, histories, and legends. The first major collection of Cherokee stories in nearly a century. |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Folklore & Mythology - History | Native American - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies |
| Dewey: 398.208 |
| LCCN: 97-35037 |
| Lexile Measure: 1080(Not Available) |
| Physical Information: 0.71" H x 5.52" W x 9.26" L (0.87 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American |
| Features: Illustrated, Maps |
| Review Citations: Univ PR Books for Public Libry 01/01/1999 pg. 30 - Outstanding |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This remarkable book, the first major new collection of Cherokee stories published in nearly a hundred years, presents seventy-two traditional and contemporary tales from the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in North Carolina. It features stories told by Davey Arch, Robert Bushyhead, Edna Chekelelee, Marie Junaluska, Kathi Smith Littlejohn, and Freeman Owle--six Cherokee storytellers who learned their art and their stories from family and community. The tales gathered here include animal stories, creation myths, legends, and ghost stories as well as family tales and stories about such events in Cherokee history as the Trail of Tears. Taken together, they demonstrate that storytelling is a living, vital tradition. As new stories are added and old stories are changed or forgotten, Cherokee storytelling grows and evolves. In an introductory essay, Barbara Duncan writes about the Cherokee storytelling tradition and explains the oral poetics style in which the stories are presented. This format effectively conveys the rhythmic, oral quality of the living storytelling tradition, allowing the reader to hear the voice of the storyteller. |
Contributor Bio(s): Duncan, Barbara R.: - Barbara R. Duncan is Education Director at the Museum of the Cherokee Indian in Cherokee, North Carolina, and coauthor of Cherokee Heritage Trails Guidebook. |
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