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Fire race : a Karuk coyote tale about how fire came to the people / retold by Jonathan London with Lanny Pinola ; illustrated by Sylvia Lond ; with an afterword by Julian Lang.

Title
Fire race : a Karuk coyote tale about how fire came to the people / retold by Jonathan London with Lanny Pinola ; illustrated by Sylvia Lond ; with an afterword by Julian Lang.
Author
London, Jonathan, 1947-
Publication
San Francisco : Chronicle Books, c1993.

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TextRequest in advance E99.K25 L65 1993Off-site

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Additional Authors
  • Pinola, Lanny.
  • Long, Sylvia.
  • Pinola, Lanny
  • Long, Sylvia
  • Berry, Allison K.
  • Chronicle Books (Firm), publisher.
Description
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill.; 23 x 26 cm.
Summary
With the help of other animals, Wise Old Coyote manages to acquire fire from the wicked Yellow Jacket sisters.
Subject
  • Coyote (Mythological character) > Legends
  • Coyote (Mythological character) > Juvenile fiction
  • Karok Indians > Folklore
  • Fire > Folklore
  • Indians of North America > California > Folklore
  • Fire > Folklore
  • Coyote (Legendary character) > Legends
  • Karok Indians > Juvenile fiction
  • Fire > Juvenile fiction
  • Indians of North America > Juvenile fiction
  • Animals > Juvenile fiction
  • Wisdom > Juvenile fiction
  • Good and evil > Juvenile fiction
Genre/Form
  • Fiction
  • Folklore
  • Juvenile works
  • Legends
  • Authors' presentation inscription (Provenance) – London – 1993.
  • Illustrators' presentation inscription (Provenance) – Lang – 1993.
  • Dust jackets (Bindings) – 1993.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
ISBN
  • 0811802418 :
  • 9780811802413
LCCN
^^^92032352^
OCLC
  • 26805007
  • SCSB-10341909
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library