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Available
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Publication
New York : Avon Books, 1981, c1977.
Description
Prankster, warrior, seducer, fool - Old Man Coyote is the most enduring legend in Native American culture. Crafty and cagey - often the victim of his own magical intrigues and lusty appetites - he created the earth and man, scrambled the stars and first brought fire . . . and death. Barry Lopez - National Book Award-winning author of Arctic Dreams and recipient of the John Burroughs Medal for his bestselling masterwork Of Wolves and Men - has collected sixty-eight tales from forty-two tribes, and brings to life a timeless myth that abounds with sly wit, erotic adventure, and rueful wisdom.
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LibraryThing member Hamburgerclan
This one's a collection of tales of Coyote, the trickster in various stories from various Native American peoples. All of the tales are short. Some are interesting, some are pretty weak. As the introduction states, these tales were meant to be told by a storyteller, not read in a tome. I suppose I
--J.
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could have tried reading them aloud...--J.
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Physical description
xx, 186 p.; 18 cm
ISBN
0380545519 / 9780380545513
Other editions
Giving Birth to Thunder, Sleeping with His Daughter by Barry Lopez (Paperback)