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The People of the Sea: A Journey in Search of the Seal Legend
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Academy Chicago Pub
Publication date October 1, 1981
Binding Paperback
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780586083413
ISBN-10 0586083413
Availability§ Out of Print
Published in Great Britain
Original list price $4.95
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Raised among Scottish fishermen and storytellers, David Thomson was obsessed from childhood by the Celtic seal legend - that the seal was once human, and can sometimes resume human form - and about the Celtic fishing families who still tell and sing the tales and songs about the selchie, or gray Atlantic seal.

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Hardcover
Book cover for 9780065017144 Book cover for 9781582430867
 
from Counterpoint (April 1, 2001)
9781582430867 | details & prices | 214 pages | 5.75 × 8.50 × 1.00 in. | 0.90 lbs | List price $25.00
About: The author, a Scotsman raised in a fishing village, chases after the enduring myth that seals were once human and occasionally resume human form.
With Gerard J. Tortora, Sandra Reynolds Grabowski | 7th edition from Harpercollins College Div (September 1, 1993); titled "Principles of Anatomy and Physiology/Essays on Wellness"
9780065017144 | details & prices | 8.75 × 11.25 × 2.00 in. | 6.50 lbs | List price $76.95
This edition also contains Principles of Anatomy and Physiology/Essays on Wellness
Paperback
Book cover for 9780586083413 Book cover for 9781582431840
 
from Counterpoint (February 1, 2002)
9781582431840 | details & prices | 214 pages | 5.25 × 8.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $16.95
About: Raised among Scottish fishermen and storytellers, David Thomson was obsessed from childhood by the Celtic seal legend - that the seal was once human, and can sometimes resume human form - and about the Celtic fishing families who still tell and sing the tales and songs about the selchie, or gray Atlantic seal.
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from Academy Chicago Pub (October 1, 1981)
9780586083413 | details & prices | List price $4.95
About: Raised among Scottish fishermen and storytellers, David Thomson was obsessed from childhood by the Celtic seal legend - that the seal was once human, and can sometimes resume human form - and about the Celtic fishing families who still tell and sing the tales and songs about the selchie, or gray Atlantic seal.

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