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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...

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Autor principal: Wilder, Edna, 1916-2011
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Fairbanks : University of Alaska Press, 2009.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Wilder, Edna, > 1916-2011.
Tucker, Minnie, > approximately 1858-1979.
Wilder, Edna, > 1916-2011 > Family.
Manners and customs.
Families.
Eskimos > Social life and customs.
Eskimos.
Eskimo women.
HISTORY > State & Local > General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
Inuits > Alaska > Moeurs et coutumes.
Inuits > Alaska > Biographies.
Eskimos > Alaska > Social life and customs.
Eskimo women > Alaska > Biography.
Eskimos > Alaska > Biography.
Alaska > Seward Peninsula.
Alaska.
Seward, Peninsule de (Alaska) > Moeurs et coutumes.
Seward, Peninsule de (Alaska) > Biographies.
Seward Peninsula (Alaska) > Social life and customs.
Seward Peninsula (Alaska) > Biography.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource: illustrations, map
ISBN:9781602231146

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