Pure As The Lily by Catherine Cookson

Pure As The Lily by Catherine Cookson

Bringing Indigenous topics out of the past and into the here and now, this series invites readers to explore the lives and cultures of major tribal nations and groups across North America.

The Lakota peoples, often called Sioux, share language, culture, and history that still guide them today. In this introduction, readers will learn about who the Lakota are, their lives today, their ancestral lands, and the traditions they carry forward. This book includes:

• Highlights of Indigenous achievements, contributions, and resilience
• An Indigenous language feature: Say Hello
• Age-appropriate introduction to Indigenous cultures and peoples
• Content reviewed by language and culture experts

Written by Indigenous author and public historian, Heather Bruegl, a citizen of the Oneida Nation and first-line descendent Stockbridge-Munsee, the Indigenous Peoples of North America series provides a simple and authentic introduction to the unique cultures and peoples that have made this continent home for thousands of years, and are still here today.

Catherine Cookson was born in Tyne Dock, the illegitimate daughter of a poverty-stricken woman, Kate, whom she believed to be her older sister. She began work in service but eventually moved south to Hastings, where she met and married Tom Cookson, a local grammar-school master. Although she was originally acclaimed as a regional writer - her novel The Round Tower won the Winifred Holtby Award for the best regional novel of 1968 - her readership quickly spread throughout the world, and her many best-selling novels established her as one of the most popular of contemporary women novelists. After receiving an OBE in 1985, Catherine Cookson was created a Dame of the British Empire in 1993. She was appointed an Honorary Fellow of St Hilda's College, Oxford, in 1997. For many years she lived near Newcastle upon Tyne. She died shortly before her ninety-second birthday, in June 1998.

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ISBN 13	9780552140737
ISBN 10	0552140732
Title	Pure As The Lily
Author	Catherine Cookson
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Transworld Publishers Ltd
Year published	1993-08-05
Number of pages	384
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.