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This edition includes 100 color photographs of tracks and sign, more than 1,000 line drawings, and updated nomenclature for all the mammals of North America. The text includes descriptions of habits, habitats, tracks, signs, and ranges and is filled with natural history stories.
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English
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Explains how to start and organize a rock collection; provides detailed descriptions of hundreds of minerals with information on geographic distribution, physical properties, chemical composition, and crystalline structures; and includes 385 color photographs.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 27
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English
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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is Dee Brown's eloquent, fully documented account of the systematic destruction of the American Indian during the second half of the nineteenth century. A national bestseller in hardcover for more than a year after its initial publication, it has sold almost four million copies and has been translated into seventeen languages. For this elegant thirtieth anniversary hardcover edition, Brown has contributed an incisive...
9) The Indians
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Time-Life Books
Pub. Date
[1973]
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English
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Lavishly illustrated account of the lives, religion, customs, sports, homes, horses and history of the Indian tribes of the American West.
13) The Spanish West
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Time-Life Books
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English
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Discusses the land, history, and people of the Southwestern United States.
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Scholastic
Pub. Date
[1996]
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English
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Through the centuries and across tribal boundaries, countless Native Americans have made history, despite prejudices against them. The nine men and women in this collection are just a few of them. Jim Thorpe, a Sac and Fox, won the 1912 Olympic decathlon and is considered by many experts to be the greatest athlete the United States has ever known. Will Rogers, often billed as "The Cherokee Kid", was the most popular entertainer in America in the early...
17) Hiawatha
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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An abridgement of the epic poem describing the legendary life and deeds of the Indian leader and hero.