Northeast Folklore Volume XXXVII:
Featuring the Writing of Penobscot Entertainer Molly Spotted Elk.
Molly wrote a series of legends based
on stories she had been told as a child by Hemlock Joe. She also
prepared a word list of Penobscot with both English and French
glosses. Molly’s daughter, Jean Archambaud Moore has authorized the
Maine Folklife Center to prepare these materials for publication,
and Bunny McBride, who wrote her biography, Molly Spotted Elk: A
Penobscot in Paris (University of Oklahoma Press, 1995) will prepare
a preface for the book.
The editor will prepare some explanatory notes where necessary, but
the presentation will be kept true to the original intent of the
writer.
- Pauleena MacDougall
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