BUFFALO WOMAN
by GOBLE, Paul
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- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- New/No Jacket Issued
- ISBN 10
- 0689711093
- ISBN 13
- 9780689711091
- Seller
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Austin, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Aladdin Paperbacks, 1986. 1st Paperback Edition Printing Unknown. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. Paul Goble color illustrations. CONDITION: NEW 1986 Aladdin Paperbacks first paperback edition, I believe this is the 36th printing, but I won't swear to it - so printed some time c. 2000-2005. Perfect condition. Color illustrations by the Author. CONTENT: A young hunter draws his bow against a buffalo cow drinking from a stream. Before he can loose his arrow, there is no buffalo -- instead, there stands a beautiful young woman, whom he knows he must marry. The hunter's people shun the Buffalo Woman, and so she returns, with their son, Calf Boy, to her people. The hunter's heart compels him to follow. But he has been warned: The Buffalo Nation is angry at the Straight-up-People. And if he cannot find his wife and son among the many buffalo, they will be lost to him forever. (An ALA Notable Book.)
Synopsis
A young hunter draws his bow against a buffalo cow drinking from a stream. Before he can loose his arrow, there is no buffalo -- instead, there stands a beautiful young woman, whom he knows he must marry. The hunter's people shun the Buffalo Woman, and so she returns, with their son, Calf Boy, to her people. The hunter's heart compels him to follow. But he has been warned: The Buffalo Nation is angry at the Straight-up-People. And if he cannot find his wife and son among the many buffalo, they will be lost to him forever.
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- Bookseller
- pacaritambo books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003288
- Title
- BUFFALO WOMAN
- Author
- GOBLE, Paul
- Illustrator
- Paul Goble color illustrations
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- New New
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket Issued
- Quantity Available
- 2
- Edition
- 1st Paperback Edition Printing Unknown
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0689711093
- ISBN 13
- 9780689711091
- Publisher
- Aladdin Paperbacks
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1986
- Keywords
- Native American Tales, Children's Native America, American folklore, Buffalo tales, Children's animal stories,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Native America: Folklore; Native America: Children's Books; Children's Books; Children's Books: Folklore, Mythology; Children's Books: Animal Stories; Children's Books: Intermediate Readers;
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