December's Child: A Book Of Chumash Oral Narratives -

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Softcover includes Appendix, Glossary and Bibliography, 359 pages.

University of California Press, 1980. Trade Paperback. A paperback copy in very good condition. Former owner's name on half-title. As Reviewed by Eugene N. Anderson, University of California, Riverside in The Journal of California Anthropology, Vol. 2, No. 2 (WINTER 1975), pp. 241-244: A child born in December is "like a baby in an ecstatic condition, but he leaves this condition" (p. 102). The Chumash, reduced by the 20th century from one of the richest and most populous groups in California to a pitiful remnant, had almost lost their strage and ecstatic mental world by the time John Peabody Harrington set out to collect what was still remembered of their language and oral literature. Working with a handful of ancient informants, Harrington recorded all he could--then, in bitter rejection of the world, kept it hidden and unpublished. After his death there began a great quest for his scattered notes, and these notes are now being published at last. Thomas Blackburn, among the first and most… Read More

University of California Press, 1980. 359pp. Trade paperback, VG, owner name on front end page, bibliography, glossary. appendix, b&w photos, December's Child : A Book of Chumash Oral Narratives, 111 stories, . Trade Paperback. Very Good.

University of California Press, 1980-07-13. Paperback. Clean & Unmarked. 5x1x8. A very clean and straight copy with clean text and an uncreased spine. 359 pp.

Univ of California Pr, 1980. Paperback. New. 360 pages. 8.50x5.75x1.00 inches.

University of California Press. New. Special order direct from the distributor

Paperback / softback. New. The Chumash, reduced by the 20th century from one of the most populous groups in California to a pitiful remnant, had almost lost their strage and ecstatic mental world by the time John Peabody Harrington set out to collect what was still remembered of their language and oral literature. This title deals with Chumash oral narratives.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

University of California Press, 1980-07-14. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!