The reader joins a Penobscot family, where Little Devil Fish gets to hear some of his favorite stories, as he learns the skills and social relationships described in detail, while family and friends move camp with the seasons.

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A realistic narrative of Penobscot Indian life in the Maine woods before Europeans arrived, based on a lifetime of research by Nicholas N. Smith, PhD, who writes in the afterword: "I accompanied Edwin Tappan Adneys best friend, the late Peter L. Paul, a Maliseet Indian, to Adneys cabin at Upper Woodstock, New Brunswick. We turned left off the highway, passing...