Joseph Bruchac

Gebundenes Buch

A Peacemaker for Warring Nations

The Founding of the Iroquois League

Illustrator: Fadden, David Kanietakeron

Beschreibung

In A Peacemaker for Warring Nations, renowned Native author Joseph Bruchac draws from the teachings of both contemporary and past Iroquois tradition bearersin telling the story of how "the Peacemaker," a divine messenger sent by the Creator, helped to bring an end to the bitter warring of the Five Iroquois Nations and how he founded the famed League of the Iroquois, which was later to influence the US Constitution.

Autor

Joseph Bruchac is a world-renowned Native author of over 170 books. His poems, stories, and essays have appeared in over 500 publications over the past five decades. He is co-author, with Michael Caduto, of the million-selling Keepers of the Earth series and Code Talker: A Novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two. An enrolled member of the Nulhegan Abenaki Nation, he works with his sons to preserve and teach Native traditions and language at their Ndakinna Education Center. Joseph lives in Greenfield Center, New York. David Kanietakeron Fadden is an Akwesasne Mohawk artist whose illustrations have appeared in several books, including Skywoman: Legends of the Iroquois, as well as in the Discovery Channel's, “How the West was Lost: Always the Enemy.” His work has been exhibited at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian. David lives with his family in Kawenoke, at Akwesasne Mohawk Territory, in Ontario, Canada.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: World Wisdom Books
• Seitenzahl: 56
• Altersempfehlung: 10 bis 14 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 256mm x 213mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 490g
• ISBN-13: 9781937786878
• ISBN-10: 1937786870
• Artikelnr.: 59938098