About this title: The Haida world is a misty archipelago a hundred stormy miles off the coasts of British Columbia and Alaska. For more than a thousand years before the Europeans came, a great culture flourished on these islands. In 1900 and 1901 the linguist and ethnographer John Swanton took dictation from the last traditional Haida-speaking storytellers, poets, and historians. Robert Bringhurst worked for many years with these manuscripts, and here he brings them to life in the English language. "A Story as Sharp as a Knife" brings a lifetime of passion and a broad array of skills--humanistic, scientific, ...
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Edition: First paperback edition
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press; A Bison Book, Lincoln, NE
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780803261792ISBN:0803261799
Description: Fine. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 527 pp., illus., maps, biblio., index; 23 cm. Tight, clean copy. "The Haida world is a misty archipelago a hundred stormy miles off the coasts of British Columbia and Alaska. For more than a thousand years before the Europeans came, a great culture flourished on these islands. In 1900 and 1901 the linguist and ethnographer John Swanton took dictation from the last traditional Haida-speaking storytellers, poets, and historians. Robert Bringhurst worked for many years ... read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780803261792ISBN:0803261799
Description: New. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 530 p. Masterworks of the Classical Haida Mythtellers, 1. Audience: General/trade. Paperback, new book, excellent condition! s read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Douglas & McIntyre:
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9781550547955ISBN:155054795X
Description: Fine. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 527 pages, illustrated. "Bringhurst's translations are linguistically accurate as well as poetically exquisite; the narrative and notes render the retranslated Haida poetry accessible for the first time to a larger Canadian public, both Native and non-Native. One of the most important books to grace Canadian literature in many years. " FINE SOFTCOVER. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press 1999
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780803261792ISBN:0803261799
Description: ISBN 0803261799. Trade Paperback. Very good condition, with slight dustsoiling to top and bottom edges of book. Tight, sound, unmarked copy, except for red remainder stamp on bottom edge of book. First Printing. read more
Edition: 2nd Printing
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Douglas and McIntyre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9781550547955ISBN:155054795X
Description: Very Good. 155054795X B&W photos. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
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