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James Watt Mavor, Jr.

Autor(a) de Voyage to Atlantis

11 Works 137 Membros 2 Críticas

About the Author

Disambiguation Notice:

(eng) James Watt Mavor, Jr. (1923-2006) is the son of James Watt Mavor (1883-1963) and the grandson of James Mavor (1854-1925).
He sometimes published as "James W. Mavor". Please do not combine him with his father or grandfather.

Image credit: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-5936

Obras por James Watt Mavor, Jr.

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Nome canónico
Mavor, James Watt, Jr.
Sexo
male
Nota de desambiguação
James Watt Mavor, Jr. (1923-2006) is the son of James Watt Mavor (1883-1963) and the grandson of James Mavor (1854-1925).
He sometimes published as "James W. Mavor". Please do not combine him with his father or grandfather.

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Críticas

Brilliant work although the writing and the book's organization could be much better.
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Assinalado
JayLivernois | 1 outra crítica | Mar 22, 2010 |
A examination of manitou, the spirtual aspect of nature, as expressed in stone creations by Native Americans in New England. Mavor and Dix link the religious practices of the natives peoples with a wider human impulse to find a spiritual power in the natural landscape. Every reader of Sierra magazine will understand this impulse. The book furthers explores native ritual as it related to and conflicted with religions brought from Europe, especially suggesting an affinity with Shakerism. This book has me peering at every stone pile and fence as I travel around New England. Some of the sites photographed are even in my town of Foxboro, MA!… (mais)
 
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theageofsilt | 1 outra crítica | Jan 19, 2007 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
11
Membros
137
Popularidade
#149,084
Avaliação
4.0
Críticas
2
ISBN
9
Línguas
2

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