Mary G. Beck is a classical scholar (M.A. from Stanford) who has lived in Ketchikan, Alaska beginning in 1951 when she married a third-generation Alaskan. Besides rearing a family, she taught literature and writing courses for thirty years at Ketchikan Community College, a branch of the University of Alaska. Mary has an abiding interest in the Native culture of Southeast Alaska and a commitment to recording its oral literature. She is also the author of two other related titles, "Heroes and Heroines in Tlingit-Haida Legend," and "Potlatch: Native Ceremony and Myth on the Northwest Coast "as well as articles on Native mythology and on travel by small boat to towns and Native communities in Southeast Alaska. She and her husband currently reside in Bellevue, Washington.
"Another excellent book is Mary Beck's Heroes & Heroines in
Tlingit-Haida Legend. Beck tells some of the classic stories
very well in a book that is also worthy of recognition for its
attractive design." ---Alaska magazine
"Mary Beck opens this collection of legends by setting the
tradition scene: '...It will be a time of feasting, singing, and
dancing, of honoring lineages and of telling ancestral stories.' In
this small, beautifully produced volume, enhanced by the wonderful
illustrations by Nancy DeWitt, Becks tells nine traditional tales,
including Fog Woman, Volcano Woman, Bear Mother and The Boy Who Fed
Eagles." ---Bill Hunt, Anchorage Daily News
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