Coyote Was Going There: Indian Literature of the Oregon Country

by Jarold Ramsey

Book Overview

The vivid imagination, robust humor, and profound sense of place of the Indians of Oregon are revealed in this anthology, which gathers together hitherto scattered and often inaccessible legends originally transcribed and translated by scholars such as Archie Phinney, Melville Jacobs, and Franz Boas.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 029595731X
• ISBN13: 9780295957319
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

The Definitive Coyote

Jarold Ramsey's painstakingly compiled and edited collection of Coyote tales is a remarkable text for both the general reader and for college-level literature and folklore courses. The text is divided into coyote tales collected from the native tribes of six distinct geographic regions within the present-day state of Oregon. The tales are brief and compelling, and each section begins with a scholarly note and reproduced archival photographs and sketches.For folklorists and college profs and students, each tale has its Thompson Folk-Index of Motif Lit. reference categories listed in a considerable Notes section at the end of the text. By virtually every criterion, this is an excellent text.