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The Inland Whale - by Theodora Kroeber (Paperback)

The Inland Whale - by  Theodora Kroeber (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>PRAISE FOR THE FIRST EDITION: <BR>"Thanks to Mrs. Kroeber's simple, supple style, the stories all succeed as stories; they please, engage, move, or divert without depending for their effect on their exotic source."--"The New Yorker " <BR>"The varying but almost always superb story style of these narratives will speak to all."--"New York Herald Tribune " <BR>"This is a jewel of a book."--"San Francisco Chronicle " <BR>"These stories enlarge life. They remind us of Shakespeare and Aeschylus. . .. That Mrs. Kroeber's book should generate such thoughts is proof of its power and beauty."--"New York Times Book Review"<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Nine tales, selected and retold here by anthropologist and author Theodora Kroeber for the adult general-interest reader. The new foreword by her son, Karl Kroeber, provides context about the author's methods and describes his own personal connection to the stories themselves.<p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>PRAISE FOR THE FIRST EDITION: <br /><br />Thanks to Mrs. Kroeber's simple, supple style, the stories all succeed as stories; they please, engage, move, or divert without depending for their effect on their exotic source.--<i>The New Yorker </i> <br /><br />The varying but almost always superb story style of these narratives will speak to all.--<i>New York Herald Tribune </i><br /><br />This is a jewel of a book.--<i>San Francisco Chronicle </i> <br /><br />These stories enlarge life. They remind us of Shakespeare and Aeschylus.... That Mrs. Kroeber's book should generate such thoughts is proof of its power and beauty.--<i>New York Times Book Review</i><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Theodora Kroeber </b>(1897-1979) was a noted anthropologist and also the author of <i>Ishi in Two Worlds </i>(California). <b>Karl Kroeber, </b>son of Theodora Kroeber, is Mellon Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University and coeditor of <i>Ishi in Three Centuries </i>(2002).

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