Buffalo Woman"There is eloquent beauty in this story of a young hunter who marries a woman from the Buffalo Nation. When his relatives send her away . . . her husband follows . . . In text and illustrations, Goble's story exhibits a quiet simplicity, respect for nature and the power of love".--School Library Journal, starred review. |
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... happened , but when he looked again the buffalo was not there . Instead , a beautiful young woman stepped from the weeds onto the pebbles at the water's edge and took a drink . She was not one of his people ; her clothes were different ...
... happened , but when he looked again the buffalo was not there . Instead , a beautiful young woman stepped from the weeds onto the pebbles at the water's edge and took a drink . She was not one of his people ; her clothes were different ...
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... happened , and set out at once to bring them back . Their trail led across rolling country . He followed all day , hearing the grasshoppers calling again and again from the sagebrush on every side . Evening was coming when he saw in the ...
... happened , and set out at once to bring them back . Their trail led across rolling country . He followed all day , hearing the grasshoppers calling again and again from the sagebrush on every side . Evening was coming when he saw in the ...
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anger angry animal asleep beautiful young woman bellow bowstring BRADBURY brave breath Buffalo Bulls buffalo cow Buffalo Nation BUFFALO WOMAN BULL'S HORSE RAID Calf Boy calves circle cockle-burr coming cooking drink earth Father fear flick follow GIFT GIRL WHO LOVED go back gone home grunting hair herds high ridge hoofs horns hunter hunting inside join kill knew legend LIBRARIES little child live LONE BULL'S HORSE looked alike loved his wife LOVED WILD HORSES meat morning Mother multitude old bull once painted tipi PAUL GOBLE pick Plains relatives ried rise rivers robe rolled SACRED DOG sagebrush side smell sound of surprise STAR BOY starred review stood Straight-up-Person stream tightened an arrow told tracks trail tribe UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN unkind walked weeds wherever wife and child wife and little wonderful young man awoke