Picking Willows

Author : Pat Lindgren-Kurtz
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2011-10-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781462055524

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Picking Willows by Pat Lindgren-Kurtz Pdf

PICKING WILLOWS, With Daisy and Lilly Baker, Maidu Basket Makers of Lake Almanor earned the iUniverse Editor's Choice recognition and stated that it is a compelling memoir and a valuable anthropological and cultural record. The seeds of a cross-cultural friendship were first sowed in 1955 when author Pat Lindgren-Kurtzs family first met indigenous Mountain Maidu basket makers Lilly Baker and her mother, Daisy. As the friendship grew, the contrasts in their backgrounds only enriched their experiences. In her heartfelt memoir, Lindgren-Kurtz not only retells the story of a lifelong friendship, but also details how two cultures intertwined while Daisy and Lilly create beautiful baskets to be cherished by many generations. As she shares charming anecdotes from her life living with the California Mountain Maidu people, picking willows, and observing their basket-making techniques, she offers an intriguing glimpse into the Maidu culture, their personal trials and tragedies, and the dramatic environmental changes affecting Maidu life from the Gold Rush to contemporary times. Lindgren-Kurtz details that Lilly and Daisy, as part of a large family of skilled basket-makers, persisted in sharing their culture and traditional art through hands-on demonstrations for thousands. Women basket makers from Daisys and Lillys Maidu family are recognized as some of the best artisans of Indian basketry in North America. A charming basket of untold California history, family memoir, and especially friendships among talented artists from two different cultures. Bruce Shelly, screenwriter and author

Author : Chung-wen Shih
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2015-03-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781400871094

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Golden Age of Chinese Drama by Chung-wen Shih Pdf

The 171 extant plays of the Yuan period (1279-1368) are the oldest and most brilliant examples of Chinese dramatic literature. In this first comprehensive study, Chung-wen Shih systematically explores the riches of Yuan drama, from its unexcelled lyric poetry to its colorful characterization. After tracing the popular genres that contributed to the flowering of Yuan drama, the author describes conventional features of dramatic construction, methods of characterization, and recurring themes. The central focus is on the use of language: prose passages and lyrics are cited to show how innovative use of spoken language invests the prose with a remarkable strength and suppleness, and how imaginative use of figurative language endows the poetry with an incomparable richness of texture. Attention is also given to the use of music and physical aspects of staging. Originally published in 1976. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Author : Amadeo M. Rea
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2016-06
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780816534296

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At the Desert's Green Edge by Amadeo M. Rea Pdf

Winner of the Society for Economic Botany's Klinger Book Award, this is the first complete ethnobotany of the Gila River Pima, presented from the perspective of the Pimas themselves.

Author : Jo Fredell Higgins
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 0738540765

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Aurora by Jo Fredell Higgins Pdf

Covered wagons brought a wave of migration to northern Illinois in the mid-1830s. On April 1, 1834, the first permanent white settlers, Joseph McCarthy and two assistants, paddled up the Fox River. The vicinity was known as Waubonsie's Village at that time. They built a log cabin, a dam across the Fox, and eventually a sawmill. The village had about 400 Native Americans who bartered fish for bread and tobacco. For almost 175 years now, growth has been steady and sure, and the city of Aurora is the second-largest metropolitan area in Illinois. Aurora is home to honorable civic institutions, excellent education, and a multicultural and energetic population.

Author : Robin Jansen Shope
Publisher : Pelican Ventures Book Group
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781611163339

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Wynn in the Willows by Robin Jansen Shope Pdf

Wynn Baxter returns to Willow Island to study rare plant life and welcomes the opportunity to investigate the mysterious circumstances of her father's death. But the truth gets complicated as twenty year-old memories begin to surface. What Wynn learns will shake her emotional foundation. A haunting story of forgiveness, science, murder, and other matters of living.

Author : Menglong Feng
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : China
ISBN : 9780520381025

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Kingdoms in Peril by Menglong Feng Pdf

"Kingdoms in Peril is an epic historical novel covering the five hundred and fifty years of the Eastern Zhou dynasty, from the civil wars and invasions that marked the birth of a new regime in 771 BCE to the unification of China in 221 BCE. Kingdoms in Peril was written in the 1640s, at the very end of the Ming dynasty, by the great novelist Feng Menglong (1574-1646). In the course of the one hundred and eight chapters of the complete novel, he documents the collapse of the Zhou confederacy during the Spring and Autumn period (771-475 BCE) and the slow rebuilding of civil society during the Warring States era (475-221 BCE) which culminated in the unification of China under the First Emperor of the Qin dynasty (r. 246-221 BCE as king; r. 221-210 BCE as emperor). Thus overall this novel describes a grand arc, from stability to chaos and back again. As a novel about politics, much of the narrative in Kingdoms in Peril concentrates on the exercise of power"--

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2023-10-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780520381049

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Kingdoms in Peril, Volume 2 by Anonim Pdf

Translated in full for the first time, this second volume immerses readers in the power and drama of the electrifying classic Chinese novel. Lord Wen of Jin brings some temporary stability to the political scene when he returns after many years in exile. However, the grants of land and office to his longstanding supporters make them too powerful for his successors to control. Just as the Zhou aristocrats seize power from their king, a bitter struggle begins as ministers seek to impose their authority on their lords. One of the great works of Chinese literature, Kingdoms in Peril is an epic historical novel charting the five hundred years leading to the unification of the country in 221 B.C.E. under the rule of the legendary First Emperor. Writing some fourteen hundred years later, the Ming-era author Feng Menglong drew on a vast trove of literary and historical documents to compose a gripping narrative account of how China was forged. Detailing the stories of unforgettable characters who defined and shaped the times in which they lived, the complete edition of Kingdoms in Peril is a vital resource for those seeking a comprehensive overview of China’s ancient past and the political machinations that led to its unification. There are many historical works that provide an account of some of these events, but none are as thrilling and breathtakingly memorable as Kingdoms in Peril.

Author : Betty Lou Hall,Monica Jae Hall
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 0738529575

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Shasta Nation by Betty Lou Hall,Monica Jae Hall Pdf

Archival images help trace the history of the Shasta Nation, profiling the people, places, and events that have shaped its development.

Author : Zong-qi Cai
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2008-01-22
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780231139403

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How to Read Chinese Poetry by Zong-qi Cai Pdf

In this "guided" anthology, experts lead students through the major genres and eras of Chinese poetry from antiquity to the modern time. The volume is divided into 6 chronological sections and features more than 140 examples of the best shi, sao, fu, ci, and qu poems. A comprehensive introduction and extensive thematic table of contents highlight the thematic, formal, and prosodic features of Chinese poetry, and each chapter is written by a scholar who specializes in a particular period or genre. Poems are presented in Chinese and English and are accompanied by a tone-marked romanized version, an explanation of Chinese linguistic and poetic conventions, and recommended reading strategies. Sound recordings of the poems are available online free of charge. These unique features facilitate an intense engagement with Chinese poetical texts and help the reader derive aesthetic pleasure and insight from these works as one could from the original. Contributors: Robert Ashmore (Univ. of California, Berkeley); Zong-qi Cai; Charles Egan (San Francisco State); Ronald Egan (Univ. of California, Santa Barbara); Grace Fong (McGill); David R. Knechtges (Univ. of Washington); Xinda Lian (Denison); Shuen-fu Lin (Univ. of Michigan); William H. Nienhauser Jr. (Univ. of Wisconsin); Maija Bell Samei; Jui-lung Su (National Univ. of Singapore); Wendy Swartz (Columbia); Xiaofei Tian (Harvard); Paula Varsano (Univ. of California, Berkeley); Fusheng Wu (Univ. of Utah)

Author : Terri A. Castaneda
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 519 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2020-11-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780806168319

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Marie Mason Potts by Terri A. Castaneda Pdf

Born in the northern region of the Sierra Nevada mountains, Marie Mason Potts (1895–1978), a Mountain Maidu woman, became one of the most influential California Indian activists of her generation. In this illuminating book, Terri A. Castaneda explores Potts’s rich life story, from her formative years in off-reservation boarding schools, through marriage and motherhood, and into national spheres of Native American politics and cultural revitalization. During the early twentieth century, federal Indian policy imposed narrow restrictions on the dreams and aspirations of young Native girls. Castaneda demonstrates how Marie initially accepted these limitations and how, with determined resolve, she broke free of them. As a young student at Greenville Indian Industrial school, Marie navigated conditions that were perilous, even deadly, for many of her peers. Yet she excelled academically, and her adventurous spirit and intellectual ambition led her to transfer to Pennsylvania’s Carlisle Indian Industrial School. After graduating in 1915, Marie Potts returned home, married a former schoolmate, and worked as a domestic laborer. Racism and socioeconomic inequality were inescapable, and Castaneda chronicles Potts’s growing political consciousness within the urban milieu of Sacramento. Against this backdrop, the author analyzes Potts’s significant work for the Federated Indians of California (FIC) and her thirty-year tenure as editor and publisher of the Smoke Signal newspaper. Potts’s voluminous correspondence documents her steadfast conviction that California Indians deserved just compensation for their stolen ancestral lands, a decent standard of living, the right to practice their traditions, and political agency in their own affairs. Drawing extensively from this trove of writings, Castaneda privileges Potts’s own voice in the telling of her story and offers a valuable history of California Indians in the twentieth century.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 730 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : Zoology
ISBN : UCAL:B3648200

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The Shipley Collection of Scientific Papers by Anonim Pdf

Author : Eleanor Anne Ormerod
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 534 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1878
Category : Beneficial insects
ISBN : UCAL:B3965812

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Observations of Injurious Insects and Common Farm Pests ... with Methods of Prevention and Remedy by Eleanor Anne Ormerod Pdf

Author : Eleanor Anne Ormerod
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 682 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Insect pests
ISBN : CORNELL:31924018469092

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Report of Observations of Injurious Insects and Common Farm Pests by Eleanor Anne Ormerod Pdf

Author : Constance Stapleton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Handicraft
ISBN : UOM:39076000706395

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Crafts of America by Constance Stapleton Pdf

Crafts of America is a celebration of the historical, regional, and national traditions explained through the words and work of today's best artisians. (back cover.).

Author : Kathryn Ptaceck
Publisher : Crossroad Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2015-10-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Land of Ten Thousand Willows Trilogy by Kathryn Ptaceck Pdf

THE PHOENIX BELLS Long ago and far away, there was a wondrous land... A land of everlasting spring where willow trees grew as blades of grass. A land where all the dragons of the world dwelt in peace, filling the fragrant air with their silver song. Then one day the wise men came to the emperor to warn him of a darkness that threatened the land and all within. He must leave his palace, they urged, and travel to strange and distant places to seek a bride. He must find an empress for the land, who can light the dragonleaf with her touch and hear the silvery music of the dragons. Or their song will cease forever. THE BLACK JADE ROAD Long ago, when it was always spring.… A road ran between what would someday be Europe and the Land of Ten Thousand Willows, where sleepy dragons stretched in the sun. It was in this age that two were bound together, first by fate, then by love: the young Emperor Ty-Sun, and the Puritan girl, Blessing Dunncaster. He from a cultured land where magic and manners were one. She from dark, brooding Britain, with the witch-power wild in her blood. Together, they must fight and find their way to the Black Jade Road, where each step counts as five — and each danger, ten. For the pearls that are days are running low. A darkness is falling over the land. And the dragons are singing a mournful song of Death.… THE WILLOW GARDEN LONG AGO, WHEN A SILENT SNOWFALL BLANKETED THE EASTERN LAND … The brave young Emperor Ty-Sun traveled the Black Jade Road with Blessing Dunncaster, the bewitched and beautiful Englishwoman who would be his empress. Together they made their way back to the Land of Ten Thousand Willows. Pursuing them was the evil Darkness that felled Ty-Sun's loyal followers one by one. Ahead, far beyond the Jade Mountains, the Wall of Living Stone, and the palaces of the god-judges from Hell, lay Ty-Sun's once-glorious kingdom, now ravaged by his enemies. Has time run out for the Dragons of the Earth? Now Ty-Sun and Blessing prepare for a final struggle of fearsome battle — and wondrous magic — to save the dragons, their love, and … the Willow Garden.