Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Eagle boy Eagle boy Gerald Hausman Father and Mother Eagle take a Navajo boy to the country of the clouds where, though he allows Coyote to trick him, he learns the healing ways of eagles. OL15159961W
Night flight Night flight Gerald Hausman During the summer of 1957 when both their dogs are poisoned, twelve-year-old Jeff must come to terms with his own Jewish identity and with his best friend's brutality and prejudice. OL16103214W
Coyote walks on two legs Coyote walks on two legs Gerald Hausman A collection of Navajo legends featuring the trickster character, Coyote. OL17850367W
The story of Blue Elk The story of Blue Elk Gerald Hausman In this traditional tale, a great magic elk helps a mute Native American boy find his voice. OL17929222W
A mind with wings A mind with wings Gerald Hausman A fictional account of the life of the nineteenth-century philosopher and nature writer, Henry David Thoreau. OL18173217W
The coyote bead The coyote bead Gerald Hausman In 1864, a Navajo shaman and his grandson seek powerful, mythical beads that can save their people from great evils, including The Long Walk forced on them by United States soldiers, and the trickste… OL19036355W
Sitting on the blue-eyed bear Sitting on the blue-eyed bear Gerald Hausman Navajo stories and poems with explanatory material. OL19136914W
Napoleon & Josephine Napoleon & Josephine Gerald Hausman From her childhood in Martinique, Josephine knew that she would someday be "more than a queen," and she eventually fulfills her destiny at the side of Napoleon Bonaparte as Empress of the French. OL19159042W
The American storybag The American storybag Gerald Hausman "Stories of ghosts, demons, predators and wise old men and women who are often animal people that take the innocent in hand and lead them on the road to wisdom . This humorous and haunting collection… OL28767221W
Dogs of myth Dogs of myth Gerald Hausman A collection of traditional tales about dogs from around the world, arranged in such categories as "The Trickster Dog," "The Enchanted Dog," and "The Super Dog." OL59777W