Skiriki
by Calandro, Ed
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Original binding/DJ Not Price Clipped (22.00)
- ISBN 10
- 1884520022
- ISBN 13
- 9781884520020
- Seller
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Henderson, Nevada, United States
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About This Item
Shelton, Connecticut: Pierpont Publishing, 1994. Fine condition in Fine Dust Jacket. No chips. No tears. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder marks. Bright, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Pages are fresh and crisp, probably never read. Publisher's black boards are handsomely decorated with red metallic lettering. On the front cover is an image of a coyote howling in front of the moon. "First Printing" is so stated, with complete number row (123456789 10) on the copyright page. From the Dust Jacket: "It is the late 1950's and an itinerant con man named Henry Belski has arrived in a small Oklahoma town. The residents of SKIRIKI - a Pawnee word for coyote) - readily embrace Henry Belski... In truth, he is a thief in search of a bank and their Skiriki Cattlemen's Bank is just begging to be robbed... He soon makes the acquaintance of Hoovehe, a mysterious old Indian, who eventually leads him on a bizarre spiritual journey of discover and awareness as he unfolds the truths and lore of his people - the Cheyenne - as far back as the early 1860's." Keywords: Cheyenne theology. Reincarnation. Native American folklore, history, life. . First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Original binding/DJ Not Price Clipped (22.00). 8vo. 386pp. + 9 page epilogue..
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002091
- Title
- Skiriki
- Author
- Calandro, Ed
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Original binding
- Jacket Condition
- DJ Not Price Clipped (22.00)
- Edition
- First Printing of the First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1884520022
- ISBN 13
- 9781884520020
- Publisher
- Pierpont Publishing
- Place of Publication
- Shelton, Connecticut
- Date Published
- 1994
- Keywords
- Cheyenne theology. Reincarnation. Native American folklore, history, life.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Indians / Native Americans; Religion / Theology / Church History;
- Size
- 8vo. 386pp. + 9 page epilogue.
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