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Life with the little people / Robert Perry ; illustrations by Chester Scott.

Perry, Robert Johnson. (Author). Scott, Chester. (Added Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 0912678984
  • Physical Description: xiv, 161 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
  • Publisher: Greenfield Center, NY : Greenfield Review Press, c1998.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-158).
Formatted Contents Note:
Little Jack -- Big chicken -- A squirrel tree -- Little people's stomp ground -- Tricksters -- McIntosh cemetery -- Strongest man in the world -- Intruder -- Woman with wagon -- The toy gun -- Great hunter -- Indian medicine -- Docktoring tree -- Studying to be a docktor -- Legend of Honeycomb Bluff -- The crazy snakes -- Big pecan tree -- Sacrifice -- Ancient customs -- Little people's baby -- Rattlesnake tails -- Characteristics of little people -- Creek history: Wacena comes.
Summary, etc.:
History, traditional information, family stories, and the author's own fiction are combined to create the magical world of the "little people" and a collection of stories based on the mythology and folklore of the American Indian people.
Subject: Indians of North America > Fiction.
Indians of North America > Folklore.

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Life with the Little People
Life with the Little People
by Perry, Robert J.
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Life with the Little People


Folktales. Mythology. With illustrations by Chester Scott. In LIFE WITH THE LITTLE PEOPLE, Robert Johnson Perry weaves history, traditional information, family stories and his own fiction to create a facinating look into the magical world of the Little People...Follow him into this world. You will be enthralled. (--Gayle Ross) After a career as a chemical engineer, Perry, a Chickasaw Indian, was able to devote his time and energy to writing, dedicating himself to recording many of the stories passed on to him by Native American elders from various tribes. These stories are both fantastical and entirely possible. It's not so much that 'little people' exist, writes Perry in his introduction, or even that herbs were used, it's that simple faith is enough for healing to occur. The book is a magical reading experience for any reader, or, as we Muskogeans say--'Felep ah gez oschee!'--they'll have a really good time. (--Will Hill, Kabitcha Feke Seko)

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