Length4h 12m
About this audiobook
The Punishment of the Stingy, first published in 1901, 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. Jarold Ramsey writes, "The history of the Plains Indians as we have it would be unthinkable without the keen eye and honest, diligent pen of George Bird Grinnell. With him, it is still possible after eighty or one hundred years to leap through that historical lightning door that shut so suddenly on the Old West. Among the heroic Pawnees, Cheyennes, Blackfeet, and their neighbors of long ago, stories like these will continue to be our horses, and Grinnell our faithful overland guide." (goodreads)
Audiobook details
GenreGeneral Fiction, Mystery and Thriller
Length4 hrs 12 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJan 29, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Illustrations
10The Grizzly Bear’s Medicine
2The Stories and the Story-Tellers
11The First Medicine Lodge
3The Bluejay Stories
12Thunder Maker and Cold Maker
4A BLUEJAY STORY
13The Blindness of Pi-waṕ-ōk
5Bluejay, the Imitator
14Ragged Head
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6Bluejay Visits the Ghosts
15Nothing Child
7The Girl Who Was the Ring1
16Shield Quiver’s Wife
8The First Corn
17The Beaver Stick
9The Star Boy
18Little Friend Coyote
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