The Trail Book

by Mary Austin

Overview

The Trail Book, a classical book, was published more than a century ago and has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789357968843
Publisher:	Alpha Edition
Publication date:	07/10/2024
Pages:	172
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Mary Austin (1868-1934) wrote more than 30 books during her career, including Land of Little Rain(1903) and Lost Borders (1909). Born in Carlinsville, Illinois, Mary Austin eventually ventured west with her brother and widowed mother to homestead in California. Throughout her essays, poems, plays, and stories, she focused on environmental issues and the relationship between individual experience and cultural histories.

Table of Contents

	List Of Illustrations	xi
I	How Oliver And Dorcas Jane Found The Trail	1
II	What The Buffalo Chief Told	5
III	How The Mastodon Happened First To Belong To A Man, As Told By Arrumpa	11
IV	The Second Part Of The Mastodon Story, Concerning The Trail To The Sea And The Talking Stick Of Taku-Wakin	22
V	How Howkawanda And Friend-At-The-Back Found The Trail To The Buffalo Country; Told By The Coyote	34
VI	Dorcas Jane Hears How The Corn Came To The Valley Of The Missi-Sippu; Told By The Corn Woman	48
VII	A Telling Of The Salt Trail, Of Tse-Tse-Yote And The Delight-Makers; Told By Moke-Icha	65
VIII	Young-Man-Who-Never-Turns-Back: A Telling Of The Tallegewi, By One Of Them	84
IX	How The Lenni-Lenape Came From Shinaki And The Tallegewi Fought Them: The Second Part Of The Mound-Builder's Story	97
X	The Making Of A Shaman: A Telling Of The Iroquois Trail, By The Onondaga	112
XI	The Pearls Of Cofachique: How Lucas De Ayllon Came To Look For Them And What The Cacica Far-Looking Did To Him; Told By The Pelican	125
XII	How The Iron Shirts Came To Tuscaloosa: A Telling Of The Tribute Road By The Lady Of Cofachique	139
XIII	How The Iron Shirts Came Looking For The Seven Cities Of Cibola; Told By The Road-Runner	151
XIV	How The Man Of Two Hearts Kept The Secret Of The Holy Places; Told By The Condor	163
XV	How The Medicine Of The Arrows Was Broken At Republican River; Told By The Chief Officer Of The Dog Soldiers	179
	Appendix	191
	Glossary	207
	Afterword	211
	Notes	226