Author: Wayne Assiniwi, Bernard; Grady
Title: The Beothuk Saga
Description: Toronto, McClelland & Stewar, 2000. Hardcover. Collectible Fine First Canadian Edition Hardcover Fine Dust Jacket Price Intact. 340 pp. NOT a library copy. Fine historical Novel about the Beothuk of Newfoundland written in French by a Cree author and translated here into English. Clean 340 pp. Covers Beothuk Red Paint People dealing with (my guess first Irish peaceful Monks) followed by successive aggressions from the Norse to the English, Basque, Portuguese etc over a number of centuries.Wonderful birchbark illustrated dust jacket with portrait of Shanawdithit. Sensitive portrayal by a Algonquin Cree finally portraying the tragic last Beothuk woman "Shanawdithit" Really special collectible fine condition too. See our Three Geese in Flight Book Scans. Fine/Fine.

Keywords: beothuck newfoundland beothuk red ochre native americans maritimes Woodland Native American/Southeastern Native American North American Folklore and Supernatural Fantasy Literature Norse/Anglo Saxon/ Middle English/ Elizabethan/German


See more books from our catalog: Pre-Columbus Voyages/Ancient America/ Mound Builder/ Rock Art