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Behind the back of the mountain; Black folktales from southern Africa.

Title
Behind the back of the mountain; Black folktales from southern Africa. Retold by Verna Aardema. Pictures by Leo and Diane Dillon.
Author
Aardema, Verna.
Publication
New York, Dial Press [1973]

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Additional Authors
  • Dillon, Leo
  • Dillon, Diane
Description
85, [1] p. illus.; 24 cm.
Summary
Ten folk legends from southern Africa include Hottentot, Zulu, and Bantu tales.
Subject
  • Tales > Africa, Southern
  • Folklore > South Africa
Genre/Form
Fiction.
Note
  • White Cotsen bookplate dated 2/76 on front pastedown.
  • "Third printing 1974"--t.p. verso.
  • Includes glossary and list of sources.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 83-85.
Binding (note)
  • Pub. rust cloth stamped in metallic red foil with color-printed pictorial dust jacket.
LCCN
72007602 /AC/r842
OCLC
  • ocm00600270
  • SCSB-202896
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library