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Title: Legends of the Capilano
Condition: New
Author: Mary Agnes Capilano, Joe Capilano, E. Pauline Johnson
Contributor: Alix Shield (Edited by)
Format: Paperback
EAN: 9781772840179
ISBN: 9781772840179
Publisher: University of Manitoba Press
Genre: Society & Culture
Topic: Social Sciences, History, Language & Reference
Release Date: 30/04/2023
Description: Bringing the Legends home

Legends of the Capilano updates E. Pauline Johnson’s 1911 classic Legends of Vancouver, restoring Johnson’s intended title for the first time. This new edition celebrates the storytelling abilities of Johnson’s Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) collaborators, Joe and Mary Capilano, and supplements the original fifteen legends with five additional stories narrated solely or in part by Mary Capilano, highlighting her previously overlooked contributions to the book.

Alongside photographs and biographical entries for E. Pauline Johnson, Joe Capilano, and Mary Capilano, editor Alix Shield provides a detailed publishing history of Legends since its first appearance in 1911. Interviews with literary scholar Rick Monture (Mohawk) and archaeologist Rudy Reimer (Skwxwú7mesh) further considers the legacy of Legends in both scholars’ home communities. Compiled in consultation with the Mathias family, the direct descendants of Joe and Mary Capilano and members of the Skwxwú7mesh Nation, this edition reframes, reconnects, and reclaims the stewardship of these stories.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: CA
Item Height: 216mm
Item Length: 140mm
Item Weight: 363g
Book Series: First Voices, First Texts
Release Year: 2023

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