Cantique Des Plaines - Softcover

Cantique Des Plaines

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Wagon Tongue Books
(Linden, AB, Canada)

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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Very Good +. Karl Bodmer (cover) (illustrator). First Edition. FRENCH language edition !! The voice of this novel (roman) is Paula who writes this hymn to her ancestor Paddon. In English this work is entitled (Plainsong) and it oscillates from the days of the bison on the plains to the shopping malls of Calgary. 271 pages. UNillustrated. Learn more about : Sioux de Sitting Bull, chevilles, mi-chemin, cow-boys, kimissaw, Etoile-Filante, John Sterling, and Pauvre ti-Jules. Cond : Paper wrapper is off-white with black and blue lettering. Cover art is courtesy of Karl Bodmer (c.1853) - his representation of a plains medicine-man. Spine fine. Light wear and softness at some corners. Minimal soiling. No tears, names, creases, nor marks. Excellent reading copy. Quote (p. 112) : " Un joir, Miranda leva la main et dit, forcant ses levres et ses machoires a articuler les mots anglais. Ca pas si different de ce que Papa raconte. Lui dit Soleil createur ramasse la boue et fait homme avec, puis . ." Size: 8vo. Seller Inventory # 006863

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