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249 pp, 9" H. B&w photographs. "These are the folk tales from Dr. Helen Creighton's life journey through the Maritime Provinces, collecting songs and ghost stories and old cures - and folk tales. Helen serves as our guide, introducing us to storytellers, setting the scene of the telling - and then she lets the person tell it as they told it to her. The feel of the kitchen and the fish shed still cling to these stories. Some are long, really miraculous folk tales - miraculous in detail and in that they managed to survive. Others are the brief riddle or the tantalizing quick-telling that a folklorist can expect along the way. Helen kept it all. And read as a whole, the reality and intensity of those smaller pieces reveals their value in among the more finished, well-told tales. (This) is a Maritime treasure." Interior - crease at bottom corner of page leaf 89/90, otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - slight bump at top of spine, minor rubbing, minor soft crease at top corner of rear cover.
Title: A FOLK TALE JOURNEY THROUGH THE MARITIMES.
Categories: Myths, Legends & Fantasy, Canada - Folklore/Mythology, Canada - Maritime Provinces,
Publisher: Wreck Cove, Cape Breton Island, Breton Books: 1993
ISBN Number: 1895415284
ISBN Number 13: 9781895415285
Binding: Soft Cover
Book Condition: Very Good
Seller ID: 27723
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