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Indians & Native Peoples      

Myths and Tales of the Jicarilla Apache Indians

List Price: $11.95
Page Count: 406 
Dimensions: 5 3/8 x 8 1/2 
Classic study of myths relating to creation, agriculture and rain, hunting rituals, coyote cycle, monstrous enemy stories, many more.



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Tales and Traditions of the Eskimo

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Author: Hinrich [Henry] Rink 
New Introduction. 
35 black-and-white illustrations 
Page Count: 496 
Dimensions: 5 3/8 x 8 1/2 
Folklore, myths, and legends compiled by a 19th century explorer offer intriguing glimpses of an unspoiled culture. This treasury of 150 stories constitutes a priceless reference for anthropologists and historians and a delight for aficionados of folktales. 


 

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Algic Researches

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Author: Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
Landmark 1839 compilation of authentic Native American myths and legends includes "The Summer-Maker" (Ojibwa), "The Celestial Sisters" (Shawnee), "The Enchanted Moccasins" (Maskego), many more. Excellent resource.... 

 

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Episodes from "Life Among the Indians" and "Last Rambles"

List Price: $16.95 
Author: George Catlin 
Page Count: 368 
Dimensions: 7 1/8 x 10 1/4 
Fascinating account of famed artist’s travels among the indigenous peoples of North and South America in the 1850s. 163 scenes and portraits (including 12 color plates) of Indians, their clothing, ornamentation and weapons—plus views of village life and landscapes. One of the best, most reliable sources of information on many now-vanished native cultures.

 

 

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Lewis and Clark and the Image of the American Northwest

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Author: John Logan Allen 
Page Count: 448 
Dimensions: 5 5/8 x 8 1/4 
How Lewis and Clark’s epic journey of 1804–06 and their charting of the American Northwest dramatically revised generally held concepts of the area’s geography. With 45 maps. "Splendidly researched and highly readable"—Donald Jackson, editor of the Letters of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

 

 

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Edible Wild Plants of Eastern North America

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Author: Merritt Lyndon Fernald Alfred Charles Kinsey
129 figures. 
25 plates. 
Bibliography. 
Page Count: 480 
Dimensions: 5 3/8 x 8 1/2 
Authoritative, information-packed guide offers a detailed enumeration of 1000 species of edible plants and ferns. Arranged according to uses: purees and soups, cereals, salads, nibbles and relishes, condiments and seasonings, much more. Also, helpful data on poisonous plants, mushrooms, seaweeds, lichens, etc. Indispensable for naturalists, hikers, campers—any lover of wild foods.

 

 

 

 

 

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Hunting Weapons from the Middle Ages to the Twentieth Century: With 288 Illustrations

List Price: $16.95 
Page Count: 480 
Dimensions: 5 3/8 x 8 1/2 
Detailed, comprehensive account of swords, knives and bayonets, staff weapons, bows, crossbows, guns and other miscellaneous arms—dating from the Middle Ages to modern times. Over 280 contemporary illustrations catalog the spear of a Roman hunter, a medieval broad arrow, a harpoon gun fired by whalers, and much else. An indispensable reference for collectors, students of weaponry, and anyone intrigued by antique hunting weapons and their use.

 

 

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History: Ancient, Egypt      

The Mummy: A Handbook of Egyptian Funerary Archaelogy

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Author: E. A. Wallis Budge  
Page Count: 576 
Dimensions: 5 3/8 x 8 1/2 
This fascinating, erudite, generously illustrated study offers comprehensive and meticulously detailed coverage of mummification processes, burial practices and goods, ritual texts, gods, graves, coffins, the Book of the Dead and much more.

 

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