Peaks of Shala

Rose Wilder Lane

THE ROLLER THAT IS SMOOTHING THE NEW BOULEVARD IN TIRANA

Peaks of Shala

By
Rose Wilder Lane

Profusely Illustrated by Photographs taken on a Special Expedition to Albania

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Harper & Brothers Publishers
New York and London
MCMXXIII

Peaks of Shala

D-X

To My Mother
Laura Ingalls Wilder

CHAP.		PAGE
	Introduction
I.	Shadows on Scutari plain—The voice in the Chafa Bishkasit—The lands of the hidden tribes—A woman of Shala	1
II.	Trails of the mountaineers—The man of Ipek kills his donkey—The house of the Bishop of Pultit—Marriage by the Law of Lec—The blood feud between Shala and Shoshi	15
III.	The story of Pigeon and Little Eagle—The prehistoric city of Pog, and the tale of the golden image—The gendarmes sing of politics	33
IV.	Welcome to the house of Marke Gjonni—We hear the voice of an oread—A guardian spirit of the trails	54
V.	The unearthly marriage of the man of Ipek—First night in a native Albanian house	65
VI.	The song of the flight of Marke Gjloshi—The hunted man of Shoshi—The way through the Wood of the Ora—A woman who believes in private property	87
VII.	Can a man own a house?—We sing for our hosts of Pultit—Dawn and a meeting on the trail—The village of Thethis welcomes guests—Life or death for ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN! Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR!

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