The Fire Plume: Legends of the American Indians

The Fire Plume: Legends of the American Indians

Jane Byers Bierhorst, New York, New York, 1969

Description

These nine American Indian legends were published for children for the first time in this volume. Originally collected by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft over a century ago, they reflect the range, color and emotional vitality of a folk tradition previously accessible only to historians and scholars.

Collections: Fifty Books of the Year (1970)
Discipline: Book design
Format: Book

Credits

Art director/designer
Jane Byers Bierhorst
Illustrator
Alan E. Cober
Compiler
Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
Editor
John Bierhorst
Size
6.75 x 9 inches
Pages
96
Quantity printed
edition of 10,000
Price
$3.95
Typeface
Monophoto Bembo, 15/21 with display in Monophoto Bembo
Typesetter
The Composing Room, Inc.
Printer
Halliday Lithograph Corporation
Printing method
offset
Paper
Monadnock Caress Text Eggshell
Paper supplies
Royal Paper Corporation
Binder
The Book Press
Binding materials
bound by Bancroft Kennett 48030 on 85 pt. pasted board
Binding method
Smythe-sewn, flat-backed
Endpapers
Canfield Colortext Orange
Publisher
The Dial Press, Inc.
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