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Author
Series
A history of US volume 1
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Language
English
Description
Presents an overview of the origin and development of the United States from the Ice Age to 1600, with an emphasis on pre-Columbian Native Americans, and the arrivals of explorers and conquistadors.
Author
Publisher
Facts on File
Language
English
Formats
Description
This fully updated reference explores more than 200 North American tribes, prehistoric peoples, and civilizations. Arranged alphabetically by tribe or group, this comprehensive work offers 60 new entries on tribes not covered in the previous editions. The accessible text summarizes the historical record and includes present-day tribal affairs and issues. The book also covers diet, housing, tools, clothing, art, rituals, and more.
Author
Publisher
H. Holt
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 27
Language
English
Description
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...
Publisher
Reader's Digest Association
Pub. Date
[1995]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A fascinating look at our common history as the first Americans experienced it. Lavishly illustrated, with hundreds of photos, paintings, drawings, maps, original illustrations, and rare archival images. The story is amplified by memorable quotations from native people
Language
English
Description
"This spectacular resource book shows the gardener over 100 low-water-use plants that bring color, beauty and utility to the landscape." "With continued national concern over water use, Xeriscape gardens are a sensible option for today and tomorrow. Published in cooperation with Denver Water and the American Water Works Association, and reviewed by professional horticulturalists and landscapers, this fully illustrated reference offers complete information...
9) The soldiers
Author
Series
Publisher
Time-Life Books
Language
English
Formats
Description
Pictorial survey of the U.S. Army soldier's daily life in the early West, his Indian wars, Custer's last stand, etc.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A fictionalized telling of the story of the harvest celebration shared between the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag people in Massachusettes 1621. Reenactment photos taken at Plimoth Plantation feature a 14 yr old native american named Dancing Moccasins and a 6 year old English boy named Resolved White. Includes background on the traditions of the Wampanoag, traditions of the English colonists, history of the Thanksgiving holiday, and many other historical...
Author
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The earliest rock art - in the Americas as elsewhere - is geometric or abstract. Until now, however, no book-length study has been devoted to the deep antiquity and amazing range of geometrics and the fascinating questions that arise from their ubiquity and variety. Why did they precede representational marks? What is known about their origins and functions? Why and how did humans begin to make marks, and what does this practice tell us about the...