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The Trail Book – With Illustrations by Milo Winter is a lovely book containing the tales and adventures of two children in a museum written by Mary Austin. Here they discover the lives and folklore of Native Americans and the natural world around them. This book was originally published in 1918 and is considered a classic in American Nature writing. The book is decorated with Milo Winter's fabulous ink drawing and colored plates.
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Mary Austin was one of the first to recognize that Native American myths and culture were in danger of being, eroded and lost. She then took upon herself the duty of tracking down American Indian songs and poems, saying that she was not giving a translation of the original, but what she, preferred to call a "re-expression" which she referred to as "re-ëxpressions." It was her belief that the life and environment of the person who made up the words...
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