The Mammoth Book of Native Americans
The Story of America's Original Inhabitants in All Its Beauty, Magic, Truth and Tragedy
$35.61
- Paperback
608 pages
- Release Date
26 February 2004
Summary
Native Americans make up less than one per cent of the total US population but represent half the nation’s languages and cultures. Here, in one grand sweep, is the full story of Native American society, culture and religion. Here is everything from the land-based spirituality of their early creation myths and the late rise of Indian Pride, to the 88 uses to which the Sioux put the flesh and bones of the buffalo and the practice of berdache (men adopted as women).
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781841195933 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1841195936 |
| Author: | Jon E. Lewis |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Robinson Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 608 |
| Release Date: | 26 February 2004 |
| Weight: | 478g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 130mm x 46mm |
| Series: | Mammoth Books |
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About The Author
Jon E. Lewis
Jon E. Lewis is an historian and author of numerous bestselling books on history and military history, including Voices from D-Day, Voices from the Holocaust, The Mammoth Book of the Vietnam War and A Brief History of the First World War. He holds graduate and postgraduate degrees in history and his work has appeared in New Statesman, the Independent, Time Out and the Guardian. He lives in Herefordshire.
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