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Living Stories of the Cherokee
by Barbara R. Duncan
Product Group: Book
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press (1998-06-29)
ISBN: 0807847194
EAN: 9780807847190
Dewy Decimal #: 398.20899755
Paperback: 272 pages
Release Date: 1998-06-17
SKU: 08030083
Condition: Very Good As issued
Comments: Trade Paperback. Very good plus condition with no markings except tiny [coffee?] stain on back cover - else like new. Different cover. No highlights, underlines or notes in text. No creases to spine or cover. Minor wear to cover. Tight binding and clean crisp text. Very Nice copy.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
This remarkable book, the first major new collection of Cherokee stories published in nearly a hundred years, presents seventy-two traditional and contemporary tales from the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in North Carolina. It features stories told by Davey Arch, Robert Bushyhead, Edna Chekelelee, Marie Junaluska, Kathi Smith Littlejohn, and Freeman Owle—six Cherokee storytellers who learned their art and their stories from family and community.The tales gathered here include animal stories, creation myths, legends, and ghost stories as well as family tales and stories about such events in Cherokee history as the Trail of Tears. Taken together, they demonstrate that storytelling is a living, vital tradition. As new stories are added and old stories are changed or forgotten, Cherokee storytelling grows and evolves. In an introductory essay, Barbara Duncan writes about the Cherokee storytelling tradition and explains the "oral poetics" style in which the stories are presented. This format effectively conveys the rhythmic, oral quality of the living storytelling tradition, allowing the reader to "hear" the voice of the storyteller.
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Customer Reviews
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Wonderful Stories true to the Story Tellers own Words
Rating  (5)
Date: 2000-04-18
11 out of 11 customers found this reveiw helpful
This is a book full of wonderful stories. It has many stories already familiar to those that read Cherokee tales as well as many new stories that I have never seen writen down before. The editor tries to stay as true to the story teller's own words as possible and manges to even keep the story tellers' rhythms. There are short introductions on each story teller and even the same story told by several different story tellers to compare the styles of each. This marvelous book is equally enjoyable for those interested in a good story and those interested in the Cherokee culture.
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Educational and spellbounding!
Rating (5)
Date: 2000-04-01
7 out of 7 customers found this reveiw helpful
This book is full of wonderful stories told by various Cherokees. It teaches why these stories are important and why they are passed down from generation to generation. Anyone can gain knowledge about Cherokee culture from this stories. There are myths and legends from long ago and there are stories that are from personal experiences. The story tellers tell how they learned each legend and in some cases why the story reflects life today.
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Interesting and educational at the same time!
Rating  (4)
Date: 1999-03-27
9 out of 9 customers found this reveiw helpful
The first 27 pages of this book are dedicated to making the reader understand the storytellers and their purpose. The reader will gain knowledge in varied areas by having different storytellers tell the same stories in their unique ways following the introduction. This book is well researched and seemingly comes alive as you read the verses on its pages. There are so many lessons to be learned in life and the Cherokee have a gift when it comes to bringing those lessons to their young ones. We, as a public in general, stand to gain a wealth of knowledge by reading the stories held within the binding of this book. So, take off your shoes, get a cup of French Vanilla, curl up in your most comfortable chair...and escape. Let the lessons of life be branded on your heart as you read!
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