Kalluak Mark Editor (1 results)
Published by Department of Education, Yellowknife, 1974
- Softcover
Seller: Wagon Tongue Books, Linden, AB, CanadaWagon Tongue Books
Contact seller2-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
US$ 23.73
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Very Good +. 141 pages of north country legends - including the conflicts between Indian and Inuit cultures. There are also giants, a dwarf, half dogs and several ghosts. A wide variety of animals also figure in (sometimes in fanciful ways) - among these fox, wolf, loons, caribou, ptarmigan, etc. A b/w dra…wing by the author also accompanies each legend - you'll enjoy Mahaha the Tickler. Four elders also have short personal biographical stories. Verso front cover is a map of Northern Canada. Cond : Paper wrapper os white with black lettering. Front cover graphic shows an arctic tern in flight. Binding has been split and re-glued. No names, no tears, no marks. Very good reading copy. Quote (p. 83) : " Kaugyagyuk married the two girls who used to ill-treat him. Whenever he went hunting, he took a pair of walrus tusks. When he arrived from his hunts, he would let the girls compete in greeting him first. The girl who didn't ._._._. .". B/W Drawings (illustrator).
