The Whistling Skeleton. American Indian Tales Of The Supernatural

GRINNELL, GEORGE BIRD [COLLECTED BY]

Publication: Four Winds Press, 1982, New York

First edition. 8vo. Two-tone half cloth and boards, titles stamped in silver gilt on the spine, orange front and rear endpapers, xi, 110 pp., frontispiece, foreword, illustrated, guide to special terms, story sources, suggestions for further reading. Edited by John Bierhorst. Illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker. "In these American Indian mystery stories, dreams and omens foretell the future, humans are changed into animals, and the dead return to life. 'Wolf Man,' 'The Stolen Girl,' and 'The Whistling Skeleton' are among the titles of the nine tales here included, four of which are from the Blackfeet, three from the Cheyenne, and two from the Pawnee. All are authentic examples of native American storytelling, collected in the late nineteenth century by the well-known scientist and adventurer George Bird Grinnell." Fine, clean copy in dust jacket with a small closed tear to the bottom edge of the front cover, light wear to the top of the rear cover, and minor wear to the spine ends.