Swift Eagle (7 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Spiral Bound Boards. Condition: Good. Kimball, Yeffe (illustrator). Spiral bound hard cover is moderately rubbed. Some chipping to edges. The LP has some scratches on both sides; it appears to still be playable. The interior has some foxing and chipping. The last two pages are detached at the lower portion of the spiral, and there is a taped over tear on the back page. Overall, still a clean, readable copy.

Bemrose Ltd., Liverpool, 1955. 16 illustrierte S., broschiert, quart, (Faltspur/etwas fleckig/leichte Randläsuren/Rücken mit kleinen Einrissen)---- Text englisch - 48 Gramm.

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. Swift, Rebecca (illustrator). This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Yeffe Kimball (illustrator). With 2 45 lps in protected envelope. Spiral binder inside of hardcover boards. Color drawings throughout. Lps appear clean and unplayed. Clean unmarked pages. Little turns at top corners. Boards bright but with small allover scuffs, and wear at corners. Benefits the Friends of the Albany, Ca library.

Albumen photographic print. 130 by 180mm. Inscribed and signed in ink to lower right, top edge unevenly trimmed, marginal creases and a couple of spots, image slightly sepia toned. N.p., The photograph shows the head and shoulders of Swift Eagle on the right, bare-chested with his arm around an unidentified female companion. He wears a war bonnet of eagle feathers, beaded jewellery, and is pointing upwards. She wears a beaded headband with a single feather at the rear. The inscription reads "To Alex / my all time good friend / from Swift Eagle". This is accompanied by the crossed arrow symbol of friendship, a bird and a right facing arrow with wavy lines above and below, likely a pictographic representation of his name.   Swift Eagle grew up speaking the Keresan language in the Santo Domingo Pueblo in New Mexico, however before the age of eight was sent to the Santa Fe Indian School. Following the model outlined by Richard Henry Pratt at Carlisle, this residential institution sought to strip the Apache and Pueblo children of their Native religion, language and practices, and instead assimilate them to white culture.   A 2007 article in the Times Herald-Record interviewing his children Matoaka and Powhatan Eagle, fills in the next part of his story: "Though Swift Eagle's education at the Indian School sought to erase his cultural memory, he spent the rest of his life promoting his heritage in every media accessible to him. He modeled in traditional regalia for artists and advertising photographers. He taught native crafts as part of a WPA program in the 1930s. He recorded a story album in the 1950s called "The Pueblo Indians" and modeled for its cover photo. He appeared in movies and television shows, and his family became the Indian residents of Frontier Town, a tourist attraction in North Hudson."   This photograph is likely from his time in Hollywood. In 1936 he picked up small roles in the films Custer's Last Stand and Ramona, and in 1940 he appeared on Major Bowes' Original Amateur Hour radio show.    Medenbach, Deborah. 'Sharing and restoring the heritage of American Indians' in Times Herald-Record 21/3/2007 (Accessed 4/8/2023).

Paperback. Condition: new. Swift, Rebecca (illustrator). Paperback. Walter Willapippy is a children's novel set in the mid-1800s outside of London, in the small town of Wilsham. Willapippy, or Pip as he is known in the village, is a unique fellow. He is known for his impeccable fashion habits, his red curly hair, and his crazy inventions. One day while working on his rooftop, Willapippy drops one of his inventions and it almost hits a little boy named Adam Dall, working on the street below. Adam is eight years old, extremely poor and becomes awestruck by the strange contraption. The two meet and strike up and quick relationship. Pip likes Adam so much; he decides to invite him into his strange world of "imagination and inventions." Little does Pip know that what is to follow is a string of events that changes both of their lives forever. Adam and Pip become intertwined in a race against time to save those that are dear to Adam. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.