Talk:The Inland Whale

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Did you know... that The Inland Whale, by Theodora Kroeber, sought to demonstrate the literary merit of Indigenous American oral traditions?

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The result was: promoted by RoySmith (talk) 16:28, 22 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that The Inland Whale, by Theodora Kroeber, sought to demonstrate the literary merit of Indigenous American oral traditions?
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Wait in the Truck

Moved to mainspace by Vanamonde93 (talk). Self-nominated at 05:35, 15 November 2022 (UTC).[reply]

New enough, long enough, no copyvio, and the hook is sourced. 𝕱𝖎𝖈𝖆𝖎𝖆 (talk) 15:17, 15 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Vanamonde93: what's the source for the hook? -- RoySmith (talk) 15:20, 22 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@RoySmith: French 1960; very last sentence and accompanying ref. Vanamonde (Talk) 15:52, 22 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, found it. Every time I dive into JSTOR, it's a new adventure in how can anybody possibly build a search interface that's this screwed up? -- RoySmith (talk) 16:27, 22 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]