A Brief Guide to Native American Myths and Legends
- ISBN-10
- 0762448024
- ISBN-13
- 9780762448029
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 309
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013
- Publisher
- Running PressBook Pub
- Author
- Jon E. Lewis
Description
"Chapters 2-76 of A brief guide to Native American myths and legends were originally published in Myths and legends of the North American Indians by Lewis Spence, George G. Harrap, 1914"--Contents verso.
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