Synopses & Reviews
Nine tales, selected and retold here by anthropologist and author Theodora Kroeber for the adult general-interest reader. The new foreword by her son, Karl Kroeber, provides context about the author's methods and describes his own personal connection to the stories themselves.
About the Author
Theodora Kroeber (1897-1979) was a noted anthropologist and also the author of Ishi in Two Worlds (California). Karl Kroeber, son of Theodora Kroeber, is Mellon Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University and coeditor of Ishi in Three Centuries (2002).
Table of Contents
Foreward by Karl Kroeber
Introduction
I.
The Inland Whale
Loon Woman
Butterfly Man
Dance Mad
Love Charm
Umai
About-the-House Girl
Tesilya, Sun's Daughter
The Man's Wife
II.
Some Qualities of Indian Stories
About the Stories in This Book
Sources