CROW AND WEASEL

London, UK: Random Century Ltd, 1991. First U.K. Edition, First Printing . Hardcover. COLLECTIBLE - NEAR FINE/New. Tom Pohrt (Illustrator). Text/BRAND NEW & Bright, w/sticker removal shadow to fEP. Gilt embossed black linen boards/Fine. DJ/New; under mylar. Red endpapers. A fable, a travel adventure in distant times when people & animals spoke the same language. Two youths, a plainsman & hunter Weasel and an introspective Crow, venture north on horseback from the Great Northern Plains to the lands of Eskimos & tundra, to return home older, wiser, and even greater of friends. They conclude "It is good to be alive. To have friends, to have a family, to have children, to live in a particular place. These relationships are sacred". A tale of philosophical growth of man & animals as one takes in the vast & varied majestic landscapes of homeland, Earth. Barry Holstun Lopez (1945 - 2020) says he tells this tale "with respect for Native American values and oral tradition". Artist Tom Pohrt (1953 -) says his watercolors are much inspired by museum collections of Native American art. The book is a treat for mind and eye be that belong to young or old.