The Bible Douay-Rheims Book 27: Isaias

About This Edition:This Kindle edition is well formatted with more then 15 illustrations and active TOC.About Book:The Punishment of the Stingy has become a classic of American Indian literature. George Bird Grinnell’s retelling of Indian tales like “The Star Boy” “The Girl Who Was the Ring” “The First Medicine Lodge” and “Nothing Child” retains the humor and mystery of their sources.Featuring the twin themes of generosity and stinginess this is the only one of Grinnell''s collections to embrace narratives from a number of tribes--Blackfoot Pawnee Blood Piegan and Chinook. Plucky young heroes emerge from obscurity through their generosity; the closefisted draw down supernatural punishments befitting their cold and hardened spirits.About Author:George Bird Grinnell (September 20 1849 – April 11 1938) was an American anthropologist historian naturalist and writer. Grinnell was born in Brooklyn New York and graduated from Yale University with a B.A. in 1870 and a Ph.D. in 1880. Originally specializing in zoology he became a prominent early conservationist and student of Native American life. Grinnell has been recognized for his influence on public opinion and work on legislation to preserve the American buffalo.