In The Land Of The Grasshopper Song: Two Women In The Klamath River Indian ...

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Book Title: In the Land of the Grasshopper Song : TWO Women in the Klamath RIVER Indian Country in 1908-09

Item Length: 8in

Item Height: 0.7in

Item Width: 5.3in

Author: Mary Ellicott Arnold, Mabel Reed

Format: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Topic: United States / 20th Century, United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Idaho, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies, United States / West / Pacific (Ak, CA, Hi, Or, WA), Customs & Traditions, Native American

Publisher: University of Nebraska Press

Publication Year: 2011

Genre: Travel, History, Social Science

Item Weight: 13.4 Oz

Number of Pages: 350 Pages