{"product_id":"the-lenape-and-their-legends","title":"The Lenâpé and Their Legends","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat can a people's legends reveal—and what happens when the record itself comes into question?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn The Lenâpé and Their Legends, Daniel G. Brinton explores the history, language and beliefs of the people Europeans called the Delaware. His account follows encounters with Dutch, Swedish and English settlers, then traces removal westward from a homeland along the Delaware River. Customs and stories stand beside a history of lost ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the heart of the book lies the Walam Olum, a poem presented as a record of origins and wanderings through picture signs and Lenâpé verse. Brinton places it alongside accounts of a Creator and many spirits. Later scholars question the record, making this also a revealing encounter with nineteenth-century scholarship and its limits.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat you'll discover\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA homeland along the Delaware\u003c\/strong\u003e – Explore the river landscape at the center of Brinton's account of Lenâpé history.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEncounters and forced movement\u003c\/strong\u003e – Follow the account from settler contact to removal through Ohio, Indiana and farther west.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA world of spirits\u003c\/strong\u003e – Discover Brinton's account of Lenâpé traditions concerning a Creator and spirits in nature.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe disputed Walam Olum\u003c\/strong\u003e – Meet the poem whose picture signs and verses claim to preserve a nation's past.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEvidence under scrutiny\u003c\/strong\u003e – Consider a nineteenth-century scholar's approach to a record that later readers fiercely debate.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers of Native American history, folklore and early anthropology, especially those curious about Pennsylvania and the Delaware valley who can approach Brinton's dated outlook critically.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the first page and explore the history, traditions and disputed evidence Brinton brings together.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Alexandria Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59534628716892,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/9442\/8764\/files\/04718_en_ebook-front_c01.jpg?v=1792174979","url":"https:\/\/libraryofalexandria.com\/products\/the-lenape-and-their-legends","provider":"The Library of Alexandria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}