Barman, 'Maria Mahoi of the Islands'

[Terry Glavin]

although as the editor of new star's transmontanus books, of which barman's
maria mahoi is one of a dozen titles, and one i was privileged to work on, i
too feel a bit self-serving. . . . but, na, and you're not being
self-serving at all, nadine. jean's other book about joe silvey is an
excellent contribution to the literature about b.c.'s mixed-race,
lelang-speaking peoples. there's lots of nice little bits about chinook in
maria mahoi. a great story set in the distinct kanaka/cowichan/black/white
saltspring narrative, and i quite happily recommend both portuguese joe and
maria mahoi to everyone.

love,

tg.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Nadine Pedersen" <nadine at HARBOURPUBLISHING.COM>
To: <CHINOOK at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG>
Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 2:02 PM
Subject: Re: Barman, 'Maria Mahoi of the Islands'


> Although as an employee of Harbour Publishing I feel a bit self-serving
> posting this on the list serve, in addition the book on Maria Mahoi I
would
> also encourage people to also  pick up Jean Barman's other new book, The
> Remarkable Adventures of Portuguese Joe Silvey. It is a fascinating
> micro-history of an early British Columbia settler and his family that,
> among other things, examines racial interaction and identity in the
> late-19th and early-20th centuries. The use of Chinook as a lingua franca
> comes up on at least a couple of occasions in the text. At one point the
> book overlaps a bit with Maria Mahoi of the Islands, as Maria Mahoi and
> Portuguese Joe both lived in the same small whaling camp on Pasley Island.
>
> In the fall, Harbour Publishing will also be publishing One River, Two
> Cultures: A History of the Bella Coola Valley, which discusses the role
> Chinook played when anthropologist Tim McIlwraith was studying the
Nuxalkmc
> culture.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Nadine P.
>
>
> At 04:29 PM 6/29/04 -0400, David Robertson wrote:
> >http://www.newstarbooks.com/MM.html
> >
> >Sounds like a book that will interest a number of us.  I heard a nice
> >story on the radio yesterday about this one.  Maria Mahoi was a
Hawai'ian-
> >First Nations woman in the Victoria-Vancouver region.
> >
> >--Dave R.
> >
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