In a Sacred Manner I Live: Native American Wisdom

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Neil Philip
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2005 - Juvenile Nonfiction - 93 pages
This volume features a collection of Native American speeches and excerpts, from the 17th century to the present day, from more than 30 leaders, including Black Elk, Geronimo, Chief Seattle, Sitting Bull, Cochise, and Tecumseh. Sepia-toned photos.
 

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Neil Philip is a writer, folklorist and poet. He is married to the artist Emma Bradford, and lives in the Cotswolds, England. Neil loves words, poetry, and the art of storytelling in all its forms. Among his many books are A Fine Anger, Victorian Village Life, The Cinderella Story, The Penguin Book of English Folktales, Mythology (with Philip Wilkinson), The Great Mystery, War and the Pity of War, The New Oxford Book of Childrens Verse, The Tale of Sir Gawain, Horse Hooves & Chicken Feet, and The Adventures of Odysseus. Neil has contributed to numerous journals, including The Times, and Signal: Approaches to Childrens Books, and has also written for stage, screen, and radio. His work has won numerous awards and honours, including the Aesop Award of the American Folklore Society and the Literary Criticism Book Award of the Childrens Literature Association.

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