''Winter-Telling Stories'' is a collection of

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tales written by Alice Marriott and illustrated by

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Background

Marriott relates a number of stories told her by George Hunt. The stories all relate to Saynday, the main character in the book, and his involvement with natural events on the southern plains. The title comes from Hunt's admonition to "always tell my stories in the winter, when the outdoors work is finished."

Editions

*New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1947. *New York: W. Sloane Associates, 1947. *New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1969.

References

Kiowa Traditional narratives of indigenous peoples of the Americas Mythologies of the indigenous peoples of North America Culture of the Western United States Oklahoma culture {{Oklahoma-stub