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Book Title
Stone Axe of Burkamukk
Publication Name
The Stone Axe of Burkamukk
Title
The Stone Axe of Burkamukk
Author
Mary Grant Bruce
Contributor
Mint Editions (Contributions by)
Format
Trade Paperback
EAN
9781513295916
ISBN
9781513295916
Publisher
Mint Editions
Genre
Social Science
Topic
Folklore & Mythology, Indigenous Studies
Release Date
16/09/2021
Release Year
2021
Country/Region of Manufacture
US
Item Height
203mm
Item Length
8in
Series
Mint Editions
Language
English
Publication Year
2021
Item Width
5in
Number of Pages
158 Pages

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The Stone Axe of Burkamukk (1922) is a collection of Aboriginal legends by Mary Grant Bruce. The product of extensive research on the Aboriginal peoples of Gippsland, Victoria, Bruce's collection was intended to educate Australian settlers regarding the traditions of those they had displaced. Despite drawing criticism for her use of racist stereotypes, Bruce's hope was that her work would force her fellow settlers to "see that they were boys and girls, men and women, not so unlike us in many ways, and that they could admire what we admire in each other." Recognizing her prejudices as a product of her time, one can appreciate The Stone Axe of Burkamukk as a record of Aboriginal tales as well as the writer's status in settler-colonial society. "The camp lay calm and peaceful under the spring sunlight. Burkamukk, the chief, had chosen its place well: the wurleys were built in a green glade well shaded with blackwood and boobyalla trees, and with a soft thick carpet of grass, on which the black babies loved to roll. Not a hundred yards away flowed a wide creek; a creek so excellent that it fed a swamp a little farther on." As the chief of a prosperous people, Burkamukk is both respected and feared by the inhabitants of the Australian bush. His stone axe, made with a sapling handle by the best craftsman of the tribe, is a symbol of his power and a useful tool for hunting. A generous leader, he often lends his axe to members of his tribe in return for a modest tribute. One day, when a hunting party comes back from a deadly encounter with a legendary kangaroo, Burkamukk swears an oath to avenge his lost tribesman. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Mary Grant Bruce's The Stone Axe of Burkamukk is a classic of Australian literature reimagined for modern readers.

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Publisher
Mint Editions
ISBN-10
1513295918
ISBN-13
9781513295916
eBay Product ID (ePID)
12057264060

Product Key Features

Book Title
Stone Axe of Burkamukk
Author
Mary Grant Bruce
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Folklore & Mythology, Indigenous Studies
Publication Year
2021
Genre
Social Science
Number of Pages
158 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
8in
Item Width
5in

Additional Product Features

Dewey Decimal
398.20994
Intended Audience
Trade
Series
Mint Editions (Folklore and Legend) Ser.
Dewey Edition
23

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