After the Great Spirits created the world; the Trickster fooled the Pte Oyate (Buffalo Nation) into leaving the Underworld. They became the Ordinary People and needed help to survive. Tatanka; the holy man; turned himself into a Buffalo and sacrificed his powers for the people. With all that Tatanka provided; the Ordinary - or Lakota - People adapted to the earth around them and prospered. The transformation of the Buffalo Nation into the Ordinary People and their salvation by Tatanka comes from the traditional creation story of the Lakota; or Sioux; Indians. Donald F. Montileaux's beautiful paintings offer dramatic colors and forms to this story of beginnings.
#3617321 in Books Shanty Pond Pr 1999-11-01Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.25 x 6.50 x 1.00l; #File Name: 0967153751220 pages
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Poor Irish ImmigrantsBy veronica haywardIf your from New England and especially around the Boston area or your old Irish family from way back worked at any of the mills in the Lowell area you will love this book...it is and interesting account of families trying to make it and the hard work the had to endure just to have a small shanty..My grandfather was from this area and to read about the people is very interesting..7 of 7 people found the following review helpful. An important; unique contribution to Irish American history.By Midwest Book ReviewThe View From Shanty Pond is a unique blending the historical writings of Joseph Blanchette with those of Peter Cassidy; the author's late great-grandfather to present the reader with a true and compelling account of the Irish immigrant experience in America at the turn of the 20th Century. Blanchette combines his own prose with the period poems and songs of his great-grandfather and in doing so deftly weaves a rich fabric of folk; local and national history that is as entertaining as it is informative. Lively; charming; original; painstakingly researched; incorporating a wealth of information from Peter Cassidy's scrapbooks of poetry; songs; newspaper articles; photos; and memorabilia; The View From Shanty Pond is a compelling window-in-time through which we can come to understand and appreciate the Irish immigrant experience in the burgeoning and industrial America of yesteryear. Highly recommended.2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Wonderful look at Irish immigrant life in NEBy W. LangloisThe View from Shanty Pond is a great find if you are interested in reading about the lives of NE Irish immigrants who lived and worked in mill cities like Lawrence and Lowell; Massachusetts.The book is very well written. It describes many aspects of life in Lawrence as seen through the eyes and poems of Peter Cassidy ("the Shanty Pond poet"). Cassidy lived from 1861 to 1938. Cassidy's poems are very down to earth and at times touching in their sincerity and simplicity.The author explains the historical background of the period (and the poems) using just the right level of detail. The subjects covered in the book include work in and strikes against the textile mills; the role of religion and politics in immigrant life; sports (baseball and boxing); saloons; World War I; Prohibition; and the Depression.If you enjoy an account of real people living their lives through tumultuous times; you will enjoy this book.
