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Klee Wyck
de Carr, Emily
- Usado
- Tapa blanda
- Estado
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0772001944
- ISBN 13
- 9780772001948
- Librería
-
Vars, Ontario, Canada
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Sobre este artículo
Clarke Irwin. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1971. Mass Market Paperback. 0772001944 . Mass Market Paperback with spine hinge creasing, previous owner's name on the back of the front cover and light staining to the back cover. Squared, tightly bound with a clean & unmarked interior. Cover painting is "The Laughing Bear" by Emily Carr. "This book by Emily Carr gives a very wonderful and descriptive account of the Pacific Northwest along British Columbia's shores. Emily Carr was a very unique woman who defied her times in her interactions with Native Peoples and her adventurous independance. This book details her explorations among the Queen Charlotte Islands. It is so descriptive it makes one feel that they are actually on the west coast." ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 111 pages .
Sinopsis
Emily Carr's painting and writing were inspired by her lifelong fascination with Native culture and the landscape of British Columbia that she so cherished.Available for the first time in enriched e-book format, this edition offers visual and historical insights into Carr's perspective via electronic weblinks. Like a full-colour footnote, select words and phrases throughout the book are links to websites that contain a wealth of additional information, pictures, definitions and historical information that gives context to the text. Now, with the click of a mouse, you can investigate the world of Emily Carr without having to leave your screen.Klee Wyck, first published in 1941, is a collection of twenty-one sketches that document her experiences with British Columbia's indigenous people. It won the Governor General's Award that same year. The title Klee Wyck originated from the nickname given to Carr by one of the Native communities she befriended at Ucluelet. It means "laughing one."
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Detalles
- Librería
- Bytown Bookery
(CA)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 5688
- Título
- Klee Wyck
- Autor
- Carr, Emily
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Mass Market Paperback
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- ISBN 10
- 0772001944
- ISBN 13
- 9780772001948
- Editorial
- Clarke Irwin
- Lugar de publicación
- Toronto
- Fecha de publicación
- 1971
- Palabras clave
- 0772001944, Indians Of North Amercia
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Biography; Culture; Natives, Canadian/American;
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- Spine
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