Publicado por Published by Theytus Books, Green Mountain Road, Pentiction, British Columbia First Edition . 2009., 2009
Librería: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, Reino Unido
Miembro de asociación: PBFA
Original o primera edición
First edition hard back binding in publisher's original colour illustrated glazed boards. Landscape. 8½'' x 10¼''. Spectacular imagery adorns this fascinating anthology of the Lil'wat, Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations stories and legends. The book is a unique commemorative collection that celebrates the four host First Nations whose ancestral territories provided a stunning setting for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Learn about these distinct yet connected nations through sacred legends and traditions that have been perpetuated in the oral tradition and appear in print together for the first time. Contains 112 printed pages with 100 colour photographs. Four maps accompany the photographs of the lands. In addition, works of art by four First Nations artists, Johnny Abraham, Glenn George, Zach George and Aaron Nelson-Moody, appear in this collection. The art, which is beautifully rendered in wood, acrylic, and oil, captures the ancestral voices of these legends and pays tribute to each nation. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 9781894778770 AMERICA [Indian History].