American Tricksters

by William J Jackson and William J. Jackson

Book Overview

Tricksters are known by their deeds. Obviously not all the examples in American Tricksters are full-blown mythological tricksters like Coyote, Raven, or the Two Brothers found in Native American stories, or superhuman figures like the larger-than-life Davy Crockett of nineteenth-century tales. Newer expressions of trickiness do share some qualities with the Trickster archetype seen in myths. Rock stars who break taboos and get away with it, heroes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1625647905
• ISBN13: 9781625647900
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Cascade Books
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"