Chief Big Thunder (1827-1906): The Life History of a Penobscot Trickster

• Main Author: Prins, Harold E.L.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@UMaine 1998
• Subjects: Frank Loring; inveterate liar; Penobscot survival strategies; History; United States History; Bowdoin; Mi’kmaq
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mainehistoryjournal/vol37/iss3/14; https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1272&context=mainehistoryjournal

Harald E.L. Prins is a native of the Netherlands, where he was trained in anthropology and history. Currently a professor of cultural anthropology at Kansas State University, he taught previously at Bowdoin, Colby, and the University of Nijmegen (Netherlands). From 1981 until 1991 he served the Aroo...