Margaret Craven, First Dell Printing 1974
Margaret Craven’s I Heard the Owl Call My Name is a moving novel set in a remote Indigenous community in British Columbia, where a young Anglican priest is sent to serve among the people of Kingcome Village. Through his experiences, the novel explores mortality, faith, cultural traditions, community, and the tension between traditional ways of life and the pressures of the modern world.
First published in 1967, the novel became a widely recognized bestseller. This copy is the First Dell Printing, December 1974, published by Dell Publishing Co., and contains 159 pages.
The book is particularly interesting from a cultural-history perspective because of its setting in the Pacific Northwest and its engagement with Indigenous traditions, including the cultural importance of the village, totems, potlatch traditions, language, and relationships with the surrounding landscape. It should be understood as a work of fiction reflecting the perspectives of its period rather than as an ethnographic account.
Edition: First Dell Printing, December 1974
Publisher: Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
Author: Margaret Craven
Pages: 159
Format: Vintage paperback
Condition: Vintage/used condition with substantial wear to the covers, including edge wear, rubbing, creasing, scratches, and surface loss. The pages remain intact and readable. Please examine the photographs carefully, as they show the actual copy offered.
A fascinating and affordable piece of twentieth-century literary and cultural history for readers interested in Margaret Craven, Pacific Northwest literature, Indigenous representation in fiction, British Columbia, religion and spirituality, and vintage paperback books.
Margaret Craven, First Dell Printing 1974
Margaret Craven’s I Heard the Owl Call My Name is a moving novel set in a remote Indigenous community in British Columbia, where a young Anglican priest is sent to serve among the people of Kingcome Village. Through his experiences, the novel explores mortality, faith, cultural traditions, community, and the tension between traditional ways of life and the pressures of the modern world.
First published in 1967, the novel became a widely recognized bestseller. This copy is the First Dell Printing, December 1974, published by Dell Publishing Co., and contains 159 pages.
The book is particularly interesting from a cultural-history perspective because of its setting in the Pacific Northwest and its engagement with Indigenous traditions, including the cultural importance of the village, totems, potlatch traditions, language, and relationships with the surrounding landscape. It should be understood as a work of fiction reflecting the perspectives of its period rather than as an ethnographic account.
Edition: First Dell Printing, December 1974
Publisher: Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
Author: Margaret Craven
Pages: 159
Format: Vintage paperback
Condition: Vintage/used condition with substantial wear to the covers, including edge wear, rubbing, creasing, scratches, and surface loss. The pages remain intact and readable. Please examine the photographs carefully, as they show the actual copy offered.
A fascinating and affordable piece of twentieth-century literary and cultural history for readers interested in Margaret Craven, Pacific Northwest literature, Indigenous representation in fiction, British Columbia, religion and spirituality, and vintage paperback books.
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