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John (William) Bierhorst (1936-)

Writings



A Cry from the Earth: Music of the North American Indians, Four Winds Press (New York, NY), 1979.

(Translator) The Glass Slipper: Charles Perrault's Tales of Times Past, illustrated by Mitchell Miller, Four Winds Press (New York, NY), 1981.

(Translator) Spirit Child: A Story of the Nativity, illustrated by Barbara Cooney, William Morrow (New York, NY), 1984.

A Nahuatl-English Dictionary and Concordance to the Cantares Mexicanos: With an Analytic Transcription and Grammatical Notes, Stanford University Press (Stanford, CA), 1985.

The Mythology of North America, William Morrow (New York, NY), 1985, reprinted with a new afterword, Oxford University Press (New York, NY), 2002.

The Mythology of South America, William Morrow (New York, NY), 1988, reprinted with a new afterword, Oxford University Press (New York, NY), 2002.

The Mythology of Mexico and Central America, William Morrow (New York, NY), 1990, reprinted with a new afterword, Oxford University Press (New York, NY), 2002.

Codex Chimalpopoca: The Text in Nahuatl: With a Glossary and Grammatical Notes, University of Arizona Press (Tucson, AZ), 1992.

(Translator) History and Mythology of the Aztecs: The Codex Chimalpopoca, University of Arizona Press (Tucson, AZ), 1992.

The Way of the Earth: Native America and the Environment, William Morrow (New York, NY), 1994.

Mythology of the Lenape: Guide and Texts, University of Arizona Press (Tucson, AZ), 1995.

The Ashokan Catskills: A Natural History, Purple Mountain Press (Fleischmanns, NY), 1995.

(Translator) Ü l: Four Mapuche Poems, Latin American Literary Review Press (Pittsburgh, PA), 1998.

The People with Five Fingers: A Native Californian Creation Tale, illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker, Marshall Cavendish (New York, NY), 2000.

Is My Friend at Home?: Pueblo Fireside Tales, illustrated by Wendy Watson, Farrar Straus, and Giroux (New York, NY), 2001.

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