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People of the Blue Water - Flora Gregg Iliff - Bog

- A Record of Life Among the Walapai and Havasupai Indians

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"Flora Gregg left her Oklahoma home in 1900, answering a call for teachers on an Indian reservation in northern Arizona. . . . Her book . . . is a simple but strangely moving document. She is good at description and a keen observer of people and customs." --Journal of Arizona History "Gives a vivid picture, not only of tribal peoples in transition, but of the motives and methods of a dedicated, compassionate teacher in an era of forced Indian assimilation." --Books of the Southwest "Delightful reading about an exotic life in a stupendous natural setting." --New York Times

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780816509256
  • Indbinding:
  • Paperback
  • Sideantal:
  • 271
  • Udgivet:
  • 30. april 1985
  • Størrelse:
  • 161x223x17 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 394 g.
  • 8-11 hverdage.
  • 16. december 2024
Forlænget returret til d. 31. januar 2025

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"Flora Gregg left her Oklahoma home in 1900, answering a call for teachers on an Indian reservation in northern Arizona. . . . Her book . . . is a simple but strangely moving document. She is good at description and a keen observer of people and customs." --Journal of Arizona History "Gives a vivid picture, not only of tribal peoples in transition, but of the motives and methods of a dedicated, compassionate teacher in an era of forced Indian assimilation." --Books of the Southwest "Delightful reading about an exotic life in a stupendous natural setting." --New York Times

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