Ishi's Tale of Lizard
Roth, Susan L. & Leanne Hinton
Language: English
Published by Farrar Straus & Giroux, New York, 1992
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Pegasus Books, Farmington Hills, MI, U.S.A.Pegasus Books
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Condition: Used - Near fine
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Yahi Tribe Series; Color Illustrations; 9 1/4 x 11 1/2 ; Unpaginated pages; Hard cover is cream colored with tan cloth spine with black lettering. Boards have light rubbing, bumping. DJ has rubbing, creasing, bumping, scuffing, crinkling, few closed tears; in a mylar cover. Brick colored end papers . Bright, beautiful illustrations by Susan L. Roth. Pages are clean and tight. Pages not numbered; 30 pages. " In 1911, when a lone California Indian walked out of hiding in the hills, ethnographers and anthropologists had one chance to study the culture of the Yahi people. Ishi was the only living member of his tribe; his family had been killed by whites for their scalps. Although it is arguable that the scientists exploited him, they did record a treasure trove of cultural information, including traditional stories of his people, some of which have been translated here for children. This picture book is a composite of stories about Lizard: how he makes arrows, saves his friend from a hungry bear, and leads a group of Dwarf women in a dance. The oral nature of these tales has been honored in this scholarly translation; lines repeat as a refrain, and the rhythm of the language is strong.".…
Seller Inventory # 10158
- Title
- Ishi's Tale of Lizard
- Author
- Roth, Susan L. & Leanne Hinton
- Publisher
- Farrar Straus & Giroux, New York
- Publication year
- 1992
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Dust jacket
- Good
- Binding
- First Printing; Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0374336431
- ISBN 13
- 9780374336431
- Illustrator
- Illustrated by Susan L. Roth
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Seller catalogs
- Animals, Anthropology/Language/Linguistics, Cultural History, Education, Fairy Tales/Folk Lore, Juvenile, Native American History, Native American/Indians, Social History
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Reviews
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
A folktale dictated in 1911 by the man called Ishi, lone survivor of the Yana people of northern California, comprises the main text of this unusual book. In it, the man called Lizard (and portrayed as a man-lizard by artist Roth) must fight a bear and enemies called the Yawi in order to save a friend and continue his work of arrow-making. There is a formalism in the short phrases and repetition reminiscent of Greek drama. The author's informed comments, in both her acknowledgments and her introduction, serve as a lucid segue to the fragments of story that follow. Roth's boldly primitivist paper collages are graphically effective. Though this elegantly packaged book contains many praiseworthy elements, it's difficult to imagine a child being moved by it. Lacking a childlike viewpoint, the work may be better suited, for example, to adults with a taste for the strange and not in need of a story. Ages 8-up.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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International shipping is done using a Freight Forwarder. We send the book to a US domestic address, where it is consolidated by the shipper. When there are sufficient items for the FF to send them onwards, they will do so. This takes ca. 2-6 weeks for international packages to be delivered.
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