Six Micmac Stories (Peeper Series)

Retold by Ruth Holmes Whitehead

ISBN 10: 0919680356 / ISBN 13: 9780919680357

Published by The Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 1989

About this Item

Good reading condition used 1989 First Print Stapled Paperback Booklet. Published by The Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Author: Retold by Ruth Holmes Whitehead. Illustrations: Harold McGee. ISBN: 0919680356. Approx. dims: 215mm h x 150mm w x 5mm d. Intact clean condition card covers with slight foxing to edges and slight signs of handling. Intact stapled spine. 51 clean, slightly off white inside pages of English text with some b&w illustrations, no inscriptions. Top right corner first inside page clipped. Some slight foxing to page ends. Slight musty aroma to booklet. Image shown is actual book for sale. Synopsis: These six Mi'kmaq stories are great tales, brilliantly retold by Ruth Whitehead. They have their roots firmly planted in the collective life of a people who had made Nova Scotia their home for centuries before the arrival of the Europeans. They offer us a rare and valuable insight into the powerful relationship between the Mi'kmaq and the often surprising world in which they lived. Contents - Introduction; The Boy Who Visited Muini'skw; Woodchuck and the Two Old Women; The Child from Beneath the Earth; Ki'kwa'ju and Ki'kwa'jusi's; Kaqtukwasi's, Son of the Thunders; Jenu; Bibliography.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1645702057899

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Six Micmac Stories (Peeper Series)
• Publisher: The Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0919680356
• ISBN 13: 9780919680357
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Native Americans

About this title

Synopsis

These six Mi'kmaq stories are great tales, brilliantly retold by Ruth Whitehead. They have their roots firmly planted in the collective life of a people who had made Nova Scotia their home for centuries before the arrival of the Europeans. They offer us a rare and valuable insight into the powerful relationship between the Mi'kmaq and the often surprising world in which they lived.

About the Author

Ruth Holmes Whitehead is a renowned Mi'kmaw historian and ethnologist. She has worked with the Nova Scotia Museum for over forty years, first as assistant curator in history and now as research associate. She is the author of several books, including Six Mi’kmaq Stories and The Old Man Told Us. She lives in Halifax.