{"product_id":"yurok-myths","title":"Yurok Myths","description":"\u003cp\u003eBetween 1901 and 1907 Alfred Kroeber  then a young professor at the University of California  Berkeley  made numerous trips into the country o the Yurok Indians  along the far northern California coast and inland on the lower Klamath River. The Yurok and their neighbors  the Hupa and the Karok  were the southernmost sharers of the great Northwest Coast Civilization. Kroeber  concentrating on the austere culture of Yurok  sought material artifacts for the University museum and collected Yurok myths - tales of woe times  when the mythological heroes peopled the earth: the \"never-eating\" Pulekukwerek  the philandering Wohpekemeu  the scheming Coyote. From their informants Kroeber collected over 150 myths and variants  transcribing some in the original tongue  many on phonograph cylinders for later translation  and most in English through an interpreter. Over the years  as time form teaching and other research permitted  Kroeber worked at editing and annotating the myths. His death intervened as he neared the end of his task. Now  to mark the centennial of Kroebers birth  the complete collection is published for the first time. Following Kroebers plan  the myths told by each Yurok informant are grouped together. Each group is preceded by Kroebers biographical and psychological study of the informant  and each tale is accompanied by Kroebers explanatory notes. The book is Kroebers final tribute to the Yurok. As Theodora Kroeber says in her Foreward  \"They were the first California Indians he came to know  and they were the people and culture who most engaged his curiosity and attention.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44966063996981,"sku":"ByrdShop_0520036395","price":225.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780520036390.jpg?v=1770553550","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/yurok-myths","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}