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Title: How Can One Sell the Air?
Artist: Chief Seattle
Price: $7.00US
Description:
Publisher: Native Voices, Summertown, 1992, softcover, Book Condition: Very Good Slim oblong 16mo(6" tall)pictorial wraps. Minor edgewear to cover, otherwise VG. "Chief Seattle's impassioned plea to respect "the Sacred Web of Life" has become an inspiration to many. But what did he really say? Our research lead us to the version the Suquamish elders from Seattle's tribe include in their oral tradition, published here with two popular twentieth century adaptations. Historical background explains the evolution of the speech and clears up the recent controversy surrounding the authenticity."-from the publisher.