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Once upon an Eskimo time / / Edna Wilder



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Autore: Wilder Edna <1916-2011.> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Once upon an Eskimo time / / Edna Wilder Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Fairbanks, : University of Alaska Press, 2009
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (201 p.)
Disciplina: 979.8004/971
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Soggetto topico: Eskimos - Alaska
Eskimo women - Alaska
Eskimos - Alaska - Social life and customs
Soggetto geografico: Seward Peninsula (Alaska) Biography
Seward Peninsula (Alaska) Social life and customs
Note generali: Originally published: Edmonds, Wash. : Alaska Northwest Pub. Co., c1987.
Nota di contenuto: Foreword; Introduction; Description of an Inne ; List of Characters and names; 1. First Goose; 2. Miracle Man; 3. Squirrel Hunting; 4. Bear; 5. Nedercook's Enjoyment; 6. Eggs; 7. Women of the Sea; 8. Salmon Fishing Time; 9. Killer Whale; 10. Beluga Whale; 11. Farewell, Murres; 12. Colder Nights; 13. Winter Storm; 14. Big Black Duck; 15. Festival Time; 16. Marriage; 17. Under-Ice Net; 18. Nedercook Hurt; 19. Oopick Dies; 20. Barter; 21. Nedercook's Birth; 22. Seal Hunting; 23. Baby; 24. Catching Murres; 25. Rocks; 26. Spring.
Sommario/riassunto: Continuing the sacred tradition of her ancestors, in Once Upon an Eskimo Time Edna Wilder retells a year in her Eskimo mother's life. Wilder eloquently captures the oral storytelling traditions of her people, and she employs descriptions of the weather and harsh climates of Alaska's Norton Sound to illustrate the hardiness of her mother's spirit. Family values, subsistence living, and the cycle's of life form a narrative that captures the now-vanished lifestyle along the Bering Sea. "Readers of whatever age will enjoy Nedercook's delightful account of the day-to-day, legends, and be.
Titolo autorizzato: Once upon an Eskimo time  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-60223-114-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910807232703321
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