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- catalog abstract "Cocky young glaciers, contemplative pine trees, resourceful ancient Paiutes, and rabbits too clever for their own good. Through the kindly but mysterious Basket Woman, they all become the companions and teachers of Alan, the young son of homesteaders in early Nevada. The Basket Woman, a keeper of her people's traditions, doesn't simply tell stories: She transports her young friend into powerful mythic tales, where Alan learns the secret of the trees and animals and the wisdom of the people who flourished in this "land of little rain" before the arrival of foreigners from the East. While the stories make delightful and instructive reading for children, on another level they are an intense examination of the dramatic implications of a legacy of conquest upon the land and its native peoples. At eighteen, Mary Austin herself homesteaded in California during a catastrophic drought. These stories were written during her sometimes desperate life as a young mother and wife of a failed water developer in the region east of the Sierra Nevada. The proceeds of their publication in eastern magazines and later as a school text kept Austin's bankrupt family going.".
- catalog contributor b11624640.
- catalog created "c1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "c1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1999.".
- catalog description "Cocky young glaciers, contemplative pine trees, resourceful ancient Paiutes, and rabbits too clever for their own good. Through the kindly but mysterious Basket Woman, they all become the companions and teachers of Alan, the young son of homesteaders in early Nevada. The Basket Woman, a keeper of her people's traditions, doesn't simply tell stories: She transports her young friend into powerful mythic tales, where Alan learns the secret of the trees and animals and the wisdom of the people who flourished in this "land of little rain" before the arrival of foreigners from the East. While the stories make delightful and instructive reading for children, on another level they are an intense examination of the dramatic implications of a legacy of conquest upon the land and its native peoples. At eighteen, Mary Austin herself homesteaded in California during a catastrophic drought. These stories were written during her sometimes desperate life as a young mother and wife of a failed water developer in the region east of the Sierra Nevada. The proceeds of their publication in eastern magazines and later as a school text kept Austin's bankrupt family going.".
- catalog description "The basket woman : first story -- The basket woman : second story -- The stream that ran away -- The coyote-spirit and the weaving woman -- The cheerful glacier -- The merry-go-round -- The Christmas tree -- The fire bringer -- The crooked fir -- The sugar pine -- The golden fortune -- The white-barked pine -- Na'Ÿang-Wit'e, the first rabbit drive -- Mahala Joe.".
- catalog extent "xviii, 113 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0874173361 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Western literature series".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "c1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Reno : University of Nevada Press,".
- catalog spatial "California Owens River Valley".
- catalog spatial "California Owens Valley".
- catalog subject "813/.52 21".
- catalog subject "Indians of North America California Owens River Valley Social life and customs Fiction.".
- catalog subject "Indians of North America California Owens Valley Social life and customs Fiction.".
- catalog subject "PS3501.U8 B37 1999".
- catalog subject "Paiute Indians Social life and customs Fiction.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The basket woman : first story -- The basket woman : second story -- The stream that ran away -- The coyote-spirit and the weaving woman -- The cheerful glacier -- The merry-go-round -- The Christmas tree -- The fire bringer -- The crooked fir -- The sugar pine -- The golden fortune -- The white-barked pine -- Na'Ÿang-Wit'e, the first rabbit drive -- Mahala Joe.".
- catalog title "The basket woman : a book of Indian tales / Mary Austin ; foreword by Mark Schlenz.".
- catalog type "Fiction. fast".
- catalog type "text".