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KATHLAMET TEXTS : Myths,Folklore from West Coast

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KATHLAMET TEXTS : Myths,Folklore from West Coast

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Title: KATHLAMET TEXTS : Myths,Folklore from West Coast (Washington) Indians. Boas trans in both English and Kathlamet

Author: Franz Boas

Publishing Info: Bureau American Ethnology 26, G.P.O.

Edition: First Edition

Publishing Date: 1901

Additional Information: Ex-Library from now defunct Mechanical Library. some rubber stamp imprints,Original Olive Green cloth Hardcovers. Moderate soiling covers only. Pages clean. Front and Rear hinge strong. 261pp. Large 8x12 inches. American Hist Shelf vertical near top. Boas explains he has found only 3 people speaking the Kathlamet dialect and of those one may be mixing up with Chinook. At this time I should mention the B.A.E. was head up by J.W.Powell.

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