Description: The wondrous and totally magical poems of the Swampy Cree Indians The softcover edition, published by Stonehill Publishing Company in 1976, is a first edition and contains 180 pages. Wrapped for safe keeping. An extraordinary achievement of contemporary ethno-poetics, the Wishing Bone Cycle takes its name from the remarkable series of poem stories that begin this book. Howard A. Norman, a young Canadian poet first learned these poems about a wishing bone, capable of changing itself into various characters, objects and circumstances from the venerable Swampy Cree Indian Jacob Slowstream. In addition to the 30 poems of this cycle, Norman has included a series of name-origin poems, a long animal-origin prose tale and a group of songs and lullabies.
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Binding: Softcover, Wraps
Place of Publication: New York, NY
Signed: No
Inscribed: No
Subject: Literature & Fiction
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1976
Publication Year: 1976
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated
Region: North America
Personalized: No
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Unit Quantity: 1
Publisher: Stonehill Publishing Company
Book Title: Wishing Bone Cycle : Narrative Poems from the Swampy Cree Indians
Topic: Anthologies (Multiple Authors), Native American
Number of Pages: Xi, 180 Pages
Language: Cre,Eng
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Poetry
Author: Howard Norman
Format: Hardcover
