Author: Helen Caswell
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 1462912818
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 117
Book Description
This multicultural children's book contains legends and myths from the Eskimo people along with traditionally-drawn illustrations. The Singing House is where the Eskimos assembled in the ancient days to sing the songs that told the stories of why the raven is black or how the fog came to be. For without the means to record these tales, how else but through these songs were the succeeding generations to know of the past? These ancient Eskimo folk tales were once sung in the Singing House. They are full of enchanting magic and strange spells. As the storyteller sings his song and the shadows dance upon the walls, we learn of Ka-ha-si who holds up the world and causes earthquakes each time he changes his position to get a better grip. We hear, too, of how the sun was placed in the sky and why a certain mountain range resembles a dragon (some say it was a dragon once upon a time). The tales in this book are all authentic Eskimo legends passed down from generations past. They have a distinct native quality of the Eskimo, and like fairy tales and legends of other countries, they are overflowing in fanciful magic.
Shadows from the Singing House
Author: Helen Caswell
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 1462912818
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 117
Book Description
This multicultural children's book contains legends and myths from the Eskimo people along with traditionally-drawn illustrations. The Singing House is where the Eskimos assembled in the ancient days to sing the songs that told the stories of why the raven is black or how the fog came to be. For without the means to record these tales, how else but through these songs were the succeeding generations to know of the past? These ancient Eskimo folk tales were once sung in the Singing House. They are full of enchanting magic and strange spells. As the storyteller sings his song and the shadows dance upon the walls, we learn of Ka-ha-si who holds up the world and causes earthquakes each time he changes his position to get a better grip. We hear, too, of how the sun was placed in the sky and why a certain mountain range resembles a dragon (some say it was a dragon once upon a time). The tales in this book are all authentic Eskimo legends passed down from generations past. They have a distinct native quality of the Eskimo, and like fairy tales and legends of other countries, they are overflowing in fanciful magic.
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 1462912818
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 117
Book Description
This multicultural children's book contains legends and myths from the Eskimo people along with traditionally-drawn illustrations. The Singing House is where the Eskimos assembled in the ancient days to sing the songs that told the stories of why the raven is black or how the fog came to be. For without the means to record these tales, how else but through these songs were the succeeding generations to know of the past? These ancient Eskimo folk tales were once sung in the Singing House. They are full of enchanting magic and strange spells. As the storyteller sings his song and the shadows dance upon the walls, we learn of Ka-ha-si who holds up the world and causes earthquakes each time he changes his position to get a better grip. We hear, too, of how the sun was placed in the sky and why a certain mountain range resembles a dragon (some say it was a dragon once upon a time). The tales in this book are all authentic Eskimo legends passed down from generations past. They have a distinct native quality of the Eskimo, and like fairy tales and legends of other countries, they are overflowing in fanciful magic.
Shadows from the Singing House
Author: Helen Caswell
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 108
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Languages : en
Pages : 108
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Shadows from the Singing House
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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May Irwin
Author: Sharon Ammen
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252099095
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 409
Book Description
May Irwin reigned as America's queen of comedy and song from the 1880s through the 1920s. A genuine pop culture phenomenon, Irwin conquered the legitimate stage, composed song lyrics, and parlayed her celebrity into success as a cookbook author, suffragette, and real estate mogul. Sharon Ammen's in-depth study traces Irwin's hurly-burly life. Irwin gained fame when, layering aspects of minstrelsy over ragtime, she popularized a racist "Negro song" genre. Ammen examines this forgotten music, the society it both reflected and entertained, and the ways white and black audiences received Irwin's performances. She also delves into Irwin's hands-on management of her image and career, revealing how Irwin carefully built a public persona as a nurturing housewife whose maternal skills and performing acumen reinforced one another. Irwin's act, soaked in racist song and humor, built a fortune she never relinquished. Yet her career's legacy led to a posthumous obscurity as the nation that once adored her evolved and changed.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252099095
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 409
Book Description
May Irwin reigned as America's queen of comedy and song from the 1880s through the 1920s. A genuine pop culture phenomenon, Irwin conquered the legitimate stage, composed song lyrics, and parlayed her celebrity into success as a cookbook author, suffragette, and real estate mogul. Sharon Ammen's in-depth study traces Irwin's hurly-burly life. Irwin gained fame when, layering aspects of minstrelsy over ragtime, she popularized a racist "Negro song" genre. Ammen examines this forgotten music, the society it both reflected and entertained, and the ways white and black audiences received Irwin's performances. She also delves into Irwin's hands-on management of her image and career, revealing how Irwin carefully built a public persona as a nurturing housewife whose maternal skills and performing acumen reinforced one another. Irwin's act, soaked in racist song and humor, built a fortune she never relinquished. Yet her career's legacy led to a posthumous obscurity as the nation that once adored her evolved and changed.
Everybody's Magazine
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Languages : en
Pages : 1098
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Languages : en
Pages : 1098
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Chicorel Index to Short Stories in Anthologies and Collections
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Category : Short stories
Languages : en
Pages : 400
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Category : Short stories
Languages : en
Pages : 400
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Everybody's
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Category : American periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 1074
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Category : American periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 1074
Book Description
The Singing Man: A Book of Songs and Shadows
Author: Josephine Preston Peabody
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 55
Book Description
This is a collection of long narrative poems written in a characteristically vivid and descriptive way. In her preface, Ms. Preston remarks that songs are made from joyful moments. The shadows of the title are an acknowledgment of the vast number of humans who have no joy to sing of.
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 55
Book Description
This is a collection of long narrative poems written in a characteristically vivid and descriptive way. In her preface, Ms. Preston remarks that songs are made from joyful moments. The shadows of the title are an acknowledgment of the vast number of humans who have no joy to sing of.
CHAPTER 15 A
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Publisher: C.P.S' E BOOKS
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Publisher: C.P.S' E BOOKS
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
My Ogowe
Author: Robert Hamill Nassau
Publisher:
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Category : Africa, French-speaking Equatorial
Languages : en
Pages : 834
Book Description
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Category : Africa, French-speaking Equatorial
Languages : en
Pages : 834
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