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Title:

The Whistling skeleton : American Indian tales of the supernatural / collected by George Bird Grinnell ; edited by John Bierhorst ; illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker.

Publisher:

Four Winds Press,

Copyright Date:

c1982

Description:

xi, 110 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Indians of North America--Great Plains--Folklore.
Indians of North America--Great Plains--Folklore.
Supernatural--Folklore.

Other Authors:

Grinnell, George Bird, 1849-1938.
Bierhorst, John.
Parker, Robert Andrew.

Notes:

Bibliography: p. 109-110.

Contents:

The whistling skeleton -- Sees in the night -- Deer Boy -- The stolen girl -- The death of Low Horn -- Ghost story -- The boy who was sacrificed -- Wolf Man -- Red Robe's dream.

Summary:

Includes nine mystery tales told by Pawnee, Blackfoot, and Cheyenne storytellers in the late nineteenth century.

ISBN:

9780590078016
0590078011

LCCN:

81069517

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

AFPD266 -- Bloomfield Public Library (Bloomfield)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

NYPE343 -- Charles City Public Library (Charles City)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

MBPE423 -- Robert W. Barlow Memorial Library (Iowa Falls)

DAPG173 -- Mason City Public Library (Mason City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

HRPE845 -- Sioux Center Public Library (Sioux Center)