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Walking the Choctaw Road: Stories from Red People Memory
In Walking the Choctaw Road, Tingle reaches far back into tribal memory to offer this deeply personal collection of stories woven from the supernatural, mythical, historical and oral accounts of Choctaw people living today. Native American storyteller Joe Bruchac says, "For a good many years now, Tim Tingle has been one of my favorite American story-tellers. Walking the Choctaw Road . . . will stay with you and lend you some of its strength. Cross the river with these stories--they'll give you safe passage."
Tim Tingle lives in Canyon Lake, Texas. His appearances throughout the nation push book sales. The cloth edition of this book sold out in little more than a year and is now in its second printing.
Book Details
- Publisher: Cinco Puntos Press
- Publish Date: Apr 1st, 2005
- Pages: 146
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.90in - 6.00in - 0.70in - 0.55lb
- EAN: 9780938317739
- Recommended age: 12-15
- Categories: • Native American• Social Science - Folklore & Mythology
About the Author
Tingle, Tim: - Choctaw storyteller Tim Tingle makes his living telling stories and teaching folklore at schools, universities and festivals nationally. The Wordcraft Circle of Native American Writers and Storytellers selected Tim as "Contemporary Storyteller of the Year" for 2001. Tim Tingle lives in Canyon Lake, Texas, near San Antonio.
Praise for this book
Sophisticated narrative devices and some subtle character nuances give these stories a literary cast, but the author's evocative language, expert pacing, and absorbing subject matter will rivet readers and listeners both. --Booklist Poetic language and a compelling but quiet voice honor the Native American traditions for both the native and the non-native reader. --Kirkus Reviews Written in a down-to-earth, highly accessible style, Walking the Choctaw Road is a joy to read, embracing tribal traditions with wry humor, enhanced with liberal highlights of both energy and excitement. --The Midwest Book Review Storyteller Tim Tingle shares what it means to be Choctaw through 11 moving tales. His subjects range from the 'Trail of Tears' to 'Tony Byars, ' one man's account of finding friendship amidst enormous sorrow during his seven-year confinement in an Indian boarding school. --Publishers Weekly Tingle is as skilled a storyteller as a collector. His compilation of Choctaw folklore is a pleasure to read, from introduction to final tale... This volume is a fine addition to any library's folklore, storytelling, multicultural history, or literature collection. --VOYA Tingle is at the top of his order; with the likes of Joseph Bruchac and Gail Ross, Indians whose intuitive grasp of the deep relationship between stories and the land and cultural survival makes their tellings into semi-mystical events...There is a luminosity of spirit to all of [the stories]. --San Antonio Express-News Tim Tingle, a well-known Choctaw storyteller, has selected a variety of stories that reflect Choctaw history and folklore...This book would be very useful as a resource for history, cultural studies, folklore and storytelling, and might inspire others to collect oral history and family stories. --Multicultural Children's Literature Love and respect for the family, the elders, pride of heritage and a strict code of honesty are dominant themes throughout the book. Mr. Tingle's writing impressed me. Students and adults alike should read this book. It certainly commands a place in every school library. --Plum Creek Almanac