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We have always loved turtles, and we have often suspected them of loving us. A World of Turtles, which gathers literary sightings of turtles over many times and many cultures, celebrates the long-standing place of these creatures in the human imagination. All through our history we have attributed greatly anthropomorphic values to turtlesas this anthology will confirm. Wise, droll, bright, wary, dependable, serious, and shrewd come to mind, but also, somehow, noble, steadfast, loving. Turtles are constant symbols of strength, patience, endurance, and long life. Yet, for us, from childhood through adulthood, they are perpetual sources of delight as well With writings from Aesop to Melville, and folklore from the Abenaki to the Wagarra, A World of Turtles is an anthology of literary, folkloric, and scientific selections about turtles and tortoises, compiled from ancient, modern, and contemporary sources. It looks at these cherished creatures from every possible human perspective, revealing them (and us) in their many guises.

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title:A World of Turtles : A Literary Celebration
author:McNamee, Gregory.; Urrea, Luis Alberto.
publisher:Johnson Books
isbn10 | asin:1555661904
print isbn13:9781555661908
ebook isbn13:9780585036564
language:English
subjectTurtles--Anecdotes, Turtles--Folklore, Turtles.
publication date:1997
lcc:QL795.T8W67 1997eb
ddc:597.92
subject:Turtles--Anecdotes, Turtles--Folklore, Turtles.
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A World of Turtles
A Literary Celebration
Edited by Gregory McNamee and Luis Alberto Urrea
JOHNSON BOOKS
Boulder
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Copyright by Gregory McNamee and Luis Alberto Urrea
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.
Published in the United States by Johnson Books, a division of Johnson Publishing Company, 1880 South 57th Court, Boulder, Colorado 80301.
9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Cover design: Debra B. Topping
Cover artwork 1996 by Shauna L. Decker
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
A world of turtles: a literary celebration / edited by Gregory McNamee and Luis
Alberto Urrea.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 1-55566-190-4 (pbk.: alk. paper)
1. Turtles-Anecdotes. 2. Turtles-Folklore. 3. Turtles.
I. McNamee, Gregory. II. Urrea, Luis Alberto.
QL795.T8W67 1997
597.92-dc21
Picture 2Picture 3Picture 4Picture 597-25623
Picture 6Picture 7Picture 8Picture 9CIP
Printed in the United States by
Johnson Printing
1880 South 57th Court
Boulder, Colorado 80301
Printed on recycled paper with soy ink
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Contents
Introduction
vii
Turtle Island, Abenaki myth
1
The Creation, Maidu folktale
2
Kana Rescues Hina, Hawai'ian myth
4
Reflections on a Tortoise, Gilbert White
6
Maya Turtle, Antonio Mdiz Bolio
11
A Dead Turtle, African-American folktale
13
Turtle-Catching Medicine, Tule Indian song
15
The Friendship of the Tortoise and the Eagle, Central African folktale
18
Snapper, Franklin Burroughs
21
Turtle and Wolf, Alabama-Coushatta folktale
31
The Tortoise and the Peacocks, Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz
32
Two Fables, Aesop
34
How the Terrapin Beat the Rabbit, Cherokee folktale
36
Tortoise on the Hoof, Edward Lear
39
Wayamba the Turtle, Wagarra folktale
40
The Plowshare Turtles of Madagascar, Gerald Durrell
43
Two Turtle Tunes, Akimel O'odham folksongs
45
The Leopard Tortoise, Bushman folktale
46
Ancient Knowledge, Aelian
48
Two Sides to a Tortoise, Herman Melville
51
Why the Tortoise Has a Round Back, Romanian folktale
57
Desert Tortoises, John Cloudsley-Thompson
59
Twelve Men and a Turtle, Lenape folktale
64
Sea Turtles, Aristotle
66

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Albanian Tortoises, Edith Durham
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