The Inland Whale: Nine Stories Retold from California Indian Legends - Softcover
Nine tales, selected and retold here by anthropologist and author Theodora Kroeber for the adult general-interest reader. The new foreword by her son, Karl Kroeber, provides context about the author's methods and describes his own personal connection to the stories themselves.
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PRAISE FOR THE FIRST EDITION:
"Thanks to Mrs. Kroeber’s simple, supple style, the stories all succeed as stories; they please, engage, move, or divert without depending for their effect on their exotic source." The New Yorker
"The varying but almost always superb story style of these narratives will speak to all." New York Herald Tribune
"This is a jewel of a book." San Francisco Chronicle
"These stories enlarge life. They remind us of Shakespeare and Aeschylus . That Mrs. Kroeber’s book should generate such thoughts is proof of its power and beauty." New York Times Book Review
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"Thanks to Mrs. Kroeber’s simple, supple style, the stories all succeed as stories; they please, engage, move, or divert without depending for their effect on their exotic source." The New Yorker
"The varying but almost always superb story style of these narratives will speak to all." New York Herald Tribune
"This is a jewel of a book." San Francisco Chronicle
"These stories enlarge life. They remind us of Shakespeare and Aeschylus . That Mrs. Kroeber’s book should generate such thoughts is proof of its power and beauty." New York Times Book Review
Theodora Kroeber (1897-1979) was a noted anthropologist and also the author of Ishi in Two Worlds (California). Karl Kroeber, son of Theodora Kroeber, is Mellon Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University and coeditor of Ishi in Three Centuries (2002).
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- PublisherUniversity of California Press
- Publication date1963
- ISBN 10 0520006763
- ISBN 13 9780520006768
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages216
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The Inland Whale: Nine Stories Retold from California Indian Legends
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