Native American Myths and Legends (Collectible Editions)

This edition is really lovely! It's professionally bound, and all stories are attributed to the specific tribes where they were told. Stories are organized by theme, as well.

Read a few stories a day to my daughter and it’s a great book of tales. Some sad some very thoughtful.

Arrived quickly and in excellent condition, as listed. I appreciate it!

The book is a Christmas Gift and looks great. It also looks interesting and I hope the person really likes it.

Beautiful cover art, excellent stories. I can’t wait to use this with my students

Great gift for my wife. She likes myths and legends from all cultures and this was a perfect fit. It arrived perfectly on time.

the storys where good but the book came damaged the spine and bottom must has been hit hard with something other then that it was ok

Got this to read selections from to Cub Scouts during campouts but I'm greatly disappointed with the lack of anything from the South in general. I looked through the list of tribes hoping to find stories from more "local" tribes of the Gulf Coast and South East but the mention of Northern Texas and the Trail of Tears in my picture are about as close as it gets. Calcasieu, Hasinai, and Natchitoches were all part of the Caddo people but they lived in East Texas, Louisiana. What about the Mississippi peoples? Any Floridian tribes like the Miami?This is, of course, not mentioning the incredible number of peoples who live in what is now Mexico.I'm glad that the authors are giving life to the legends they are but having a quarter of the US and effectively the entirety of Mexico left out is a letdown for me.

Book and service fully met my expectations. Thanks a lot.

Good quality bookWell done layout with reference to the origin of the myth

a lovely book detailing the legends of various Indian nations great pictures as well.

I was looking forward to reading Native American Myths and Legends as I was on the look out for a book that would document some of the main mythologies of the Native Americans. With well over five hundred different recognised tribes in America, naturally that is no small task. O.B Duane's book Native American Myths and Legends, I could expect then, would give a more summarized version of these creation myths and legends.Unfortunatly it is very general i feel, with a small selection of little legends and myths from two tribes, primarily the Algonquin and Iroquois people, and I use the term "little" as I feel the book is possibly aimed at children. In fact, while the book has not had a lasting impression on myself personally, I would recommend it as reading material for those who'd like to either read to or have their children read, the legends of their own land, (assuming of course they live in the U.S). The book is painted beautifully, and the text contains next to no difficult or confusing words, which should keep the youngsters happy.One thing I did find increasingly frustrating, which had me assume this was designed to be a children's book (despite it not being described as such) was that the stories themselves often seemed to have no presence online anywhere. That is not to say that the myths and legends themselves aren't genuine, but nowhere in the book are there any indications as to where O.B Duane plucked these myths and legends. One has to wonder are they common knowledge in the U.S itself? If so, I am surprised that search engine results reveal nothing for many of them. Again, in no way am I suggesting that the myths and legends contained in this book are not genuine, but only that they are not easily verifiable.As a researcher on my own books, I try to verify the things contained in my own books and I was really hoping to verify "The Serpent Men" legend on page 88 of this book, said to be a Sioux legend, because it would have further backed up something I was working on in one of my own chapters. I really wanted a lead, something to go on to bring me to a more better understanding of both the actual "Serpent Men" and Sioux thoughts on the matter. As the vast majority of Native American legends and mythologies were passed on orally, it is often hard to find any such thing as an "original source", and as the author O.B.Duane makes no mention of ever visiting any Native American tribes, It leaves one at a loose end if wanting to verify such legends contained within the book.Despite my criticisms of the book, there is little else wrong with it. The paintings contained within it are beautiful and speak of a time almost foreign to us now. I think the book will delight children and have their little minds dreaming up all kinds of adventures in a United States so very different and otherworldly than what they are presented with now.