num_pages: 527
description: The Haida world is a misty archipelago a hundred stormy miles off the coasts of British Columbia and Alaska. For more than a thousand years before the Europeans came, a great culture flourished on these islands. In 1900 and 1901 the linguist and ethnographer John Swanton took dictation from the last traditional Haida-speaking storytellers, poets, and historians. Robert Bringhurst worked for many years with these manuscripts, and here he brings them to life in the English language. A Story as Sharp as a Knife brings a lifetime of passion and a broad array of skills—humanistic, scientific, and poetic—to focus on a rich and powerful tradition that the world has long ignored.
language: English
title: A Story as Sharp as a Knife: The Classical Haida Mythtellers and Their World
titlecomplete: A Story as Sharp as a Knife: The Classical Haida Mythtellers and Their World
genres: American, History, Religion, Folklore, Literature, Mythology, Poetry, Nonfiction, Canada, Anthropology
ratings_count: 194
places: Haida Gwaii, British Columbia
series: The Classical Haida Mythtellers and Their World
awards: awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction
publisher: University of Nebraska Press