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An Acceptable Timeby Madeleine L'EngleISBN 0374300275 (0-374-30027-5)
Hardcover, Farrar, Straus & Giroux
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Why has a time gate opened and dropped Polly into a world that existed 3,000 years ago? Will she be able to get back to the present before the time gate closes -- and leaves her to face a group of people who believe in human sacrifice?More editions of An Acceptable Time:
America in 1492 : The World of the Indian Peoples Before the Arrival of Columbusby Josephy, Alvin M., Jr.ISBN 0394564383 (0-394-56438-3)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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American Slavery, American Freedom: The Ordeal of Colonial Virginiaby Edmund Sears MorganISBN 0393312887 (0-393-31288-7)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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American Slavery, American Freedom: The Ordeal of Colonial Virginiaby Edmund S. MorganISBN 039332494X (0-393-32494-X)
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The Ancient Cliff Dwellers of Mesa Verdeby Caroline Arnold, Richard HewettISBN 0395562414 (0-395-56241-4)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin Company
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At Play in the Fields of the Lordby Peter MatthiessenISBN 0394750837 (0-394-75083-7)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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Bhangra Babesby Narinder DhamiISBN 0385733186 (0-385-73318-6)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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Blood Meridian, Or, the Evening Redness in the Westby Cormac McCarthyISBN 0394400275 (0-394-40027-5)
Hardcover, Random House
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Blood Struggle: The Rise of Modern Indian Nationsby Charles WilkinsonISBN 0393328503 (0-393-32850-3)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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The Boy and the Dog Are Sleepingby NasdijjISBN 0345453905 (0-345-45390-5)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Centennialby James A. MichenerISBN 039447970X (0-394-47970-X)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Centennial'Book summary:Pages clean and unmarked. Missing dust jacket. Shelf wear from time on shelf like you would see on a major chain. Prev. owner s name on first page. Immediate shipping. [via]
Ceremonial Time: Fifteen Thousand Years on One Square Mileby John Hanson MitchellISBN 0385191944 (0-385-19194-4)
Hardcover, Anchor Press/Doubleday
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Chesapeakeby James A. MichenerISBN 0394500792 (0-394-50079-2)
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The Children of First Manby James Alexander ThomISBN 0345370058 (0-345-37005-8)
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Children of Grace: The Nez Perce War of 1877by Bruce HamptonISBN 0380724871 (0-380-72487-1)
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This is the story of the dramatic 1200 mile chase through Idaho, Montana and Wyoming, in which some 800 Nez Perce men, women and children attempted to fight their way to freedom in Canada.
Having personally retraced the entire war route. Bruce Hampton evokes flesh-and-blood characters from both sides of the war with such immediacy that readers can almost feel the ground tremble under thousands of hooves and hear the anguished cries of the women and children who fell to U.S. army bullets. [via]
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Columbusby Ingri D'Aulaire, Parin EdgarISBN 0385241062 (0-385-24106-2)
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Comanche Windby Genell DellinISBN 0380767171 (0-380-76717-1)
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The Course of Empireby Bernard Augustine De VotoISBN 0395510147 (0-395-51014-7)
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Coyote Blueby Christopher MooreISBN 0380725231 (0-380-72523-1)
Softcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Coyote Blue'Book summary:This is an accelerating comedy with shadows setting off the wry, polished humor. Trickster deities thrive on contrariety, which is why one finds them bringing life into dead landscapes and disorder into order. A Santa Barbara insurance salesman's too-tidily-contained lifestyle, far from the Crow reservation he grew up on, is an irresistible target for Coyote, who wants to make sure his chosen people don't forget him. Coyote descends on Sam Hunter like one of Job's plagues, albeit a charmingly disingenuous one. "Why me? Why not someone who believes?" asks Sam, suffering from god-induced chaos. "This is more fun," says Coyote. He's right. [via]
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Crazy Horse and Custer: The Parallel Lives of Two American Warriorsby Stephen E. AmbroseISBN 0385479662 (0-385-47966-2)
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Crucible of War: The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754-1766by Fred AndersonISBN 0375706364 (0-375-70636-4)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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Death and Rebirth of the Senecaby A. F. WallaceISBN 039471699X (0-394-71699-X)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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The Deerslayerby James Fenimore CooperISBN 0375760873 (0-375-76087-3)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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The Diabolic Root: A Study of Peyotism, the New Indian Religion, among the Delawaresby Vincenzo PetrulloISBN 0374964114 (0-374-96411-4)
Hardcover, Octagon Books
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The Discovery and Conquest of Mexico 1517-1521by Bernal Diaz Del CastilloISBN 0374503842 (0-374-50384-2)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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Disinheritedby Dale Van EveryISBN 0380513269 (0-380-51326-9)
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Dwellings: A Spiritual History of the Living Worldby Linda HoganISBN 0393037843 (0-393-03784-3)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Edward Sheriff Curtis: Visions of a Vanishing Raceby Victor Boesen, Edward S. Curtis, Florence Curtis GraybillISBN 0395416523 (0-395-41652-3)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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Encyclopedia of American Indian Wars: 1492-1890by Jerry KeenanISBN 0393319156 (0-393-31915-6)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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The First Americans: In Pursuit of Archaeology's Greatest Mysteryby Jake Page, J. M. AdovasioISBN 037575704X (0-375-75704-X)
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The First Americans : In Pursuit of Archaeology's Greatest Mysteryby James Adovasio, Jake PageISBN 0375505520 (0-375-50552-0)
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Flashman and the Redskinsby George MacDonald FraserISBN 0394528522 (0-394-52852-2)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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The Founders of America: How Indians Discovered the Land, Pioneered in It, and Created Great Classical Civilizations; How They Were Plunged into A Dby Francis JenningsISBN 0393312321 (0-393-31232-1)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Geronimo Wolf of the Warpathby R. MoodyISBN 0394903811 (0-394-90381-1)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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Hanta Yoby Ruth Beebe HillISBN 0385135548 (0-385-13554-8)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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History of the Conquest of Mexicoby James Lockhart, William H. PrescottISBN 0375758038 (0-375-75803-8)
Softcover, Modern Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'History of the Conquest of Mexico'Book summary:"It is a magnificent epic," said William H. Prescott after the publication of History of the Conquest of Mexico in 1843. Since then, his sweeping account of Cortés's subjugation of the Aztec people has endured as a landmark work of scholarship and dramatic storytelling. This pioneering study presents a compelling view of the clash of civilizations that reverberates in Latin America to this day.
"Regarded simply from the standpoint of literary criticism, the Conquest of Mexico is Prescott's masterpiece," judged his biographer Harry Thurston Peck. "More than that, it is one of the most brilliant examples which the English language possesses of literary art applied to historical narration. . . . Here, as nowhere else, has Prescott succeeded in delineating character. All the chief actors of his great historic drama not only live and breathe, but they are as distinctly differentiated as they must have been in life. Cortés and his lieutenants are persons whom we actually come to know in the pages of Pres-cott. . . . Over against these brilliant figures stands the melancholy form of Montezuma, around whom, even from the first, one feels gathering the darkness of his coming fate. He reminds one of some hero of Greek tragedy, doomed to destruction and intensely conscious of it, yet striving in vain against the decree of an inexorable destiny. . . . [Prescott] transmuted the acquisitions of laborious research into an enduring monument of pure literature."
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History of the Conquest of Mexicoby William H. PrescottISBN 0394604717 (0-394-60471-7)
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The Holy Road : A Novelby Michael BlakeISBN 0375760407 (0-375-76040-7)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Holy Road : A Novel'Book summary:An unforgettable American story, Dances With Wolves was an international bestseller that has be-come a modern classic. The 1990 film adaptation won seven Academy Awards. In The Holy Road, master storyteller Michael Blake at long last continues the saga.
Eleven years have passed since Lieutenant John Dunbar became the Comanche warrior Dances With Wolves and married Stands With A Fist, a white-born woman raised as a Comanche from early childhood. With their three children, they live peacefully in the village of Ten Bears. But there is unease in the air, caused by increased reports of violent confrontations with white soldiers, who want to drive the Comanches onto reservationsa movement symbolized by the railroad, the white mans holy road. Disquiet turns to horror, and then to rage, when a band of white rangers descends on Ten Bears village, slaughtering half its inhabitants and abducting Stands With A Fist and her infant daughter. The three surviving great warriorsWind In His Hair, Kicking Bird, and Dances With Wolves decide they must go to war with the white inva-ders. At the same time, Dances With Wolves realizes that only he can move unnoticed among the white men to rescue his wife and child.
Told with the same sweep, insight, and majesty that have made Dances With Wolves a worldwide phenomenon, The Holy Road is an epic story of courage and honor.
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A House for Mr. Biswasby V.S. NaipaulISBN 0375707166 (0-375-70716-6)
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In his forty-six short years, Mr. Mohun Biswas has been fighting against destiny to achieve some semblance of independence, only to face a lifetime of calamity. Shuttled from one residence to another after the drowning death of his father, for which he is inadvertently responsible, Mr. Biswas yearns for a place he can call home. But when he marries into the domineering Tulsi family on whom he indignantly becomes dependent, Mr. Biswas embarks on an arduousand endlessstruggle to weaken their hold over him and purchase a house of his own. A heartrending, dark comedy of manners, A House for Mr. Biswas masterfully evokes a mans quest for autonomy against an emblematic post-colonial canvas. [via] 
I Heard the Owl Call My Nameby Margaret CravenISBN 037010935X (0-370-10935-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'I Heard the Owl Call My Name'Book summary:Mark Brian, a young Anglican priest who has not long to live, is sent to the Indian village of Kingcome in the wilds of British Columbia. While sharing the hunting and fishing, the festivals and funerals, the joys and sorrows of a once-proud tribe, Mark learns enough of life to be ready to die. On a cold winter evening when he hears the owl call his name, Mark understands what is to come ...An outstanding and much-acclaimed first novel. The author's perception, wisdom and insight give her unique story the quality of a legend or fable. A rare clarity and simplicity. It is a long time since I was so moved by a story, touching in its dignity and wise in its folklore' Daily Telegraph [via]
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I, Columbusby Peter Roop, Peter E. HansonISBN 0380715457 (0-380-71545-7)
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In the Devil's Snare: The Salem Witchcraft Crisis of 1692by Mary Beth NortonISBN 0375706909 (0-375-70690-9)
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Indian in the Cupboardby Lynne Reid BanksISBN 0380724049 (0-380-72404-9)
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The Indians' New World: Catawbas and Their Neighbors from European Contact Through the Era of . . . .by James H. MerrellISBN 039396017X (0-393-96017-X)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of the Forgotten Colony That Shaped Americaby Russell ShortoISBN 0385503490 (0-385-50349-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America'Book summary:In a landmark work of history, Russell Shorto presents astonishing information on the founding of our nation and reveals in riveting detail the crucial role of the Dutch in making America what it is today.
In the late 1960s, an archivist in the New York State Library made an astounding discovery: 12,000 pages of centuries-old correspondence, court cases, legal contracts, and reports from a forgotten society: the Dutch colony centered on Manhattan, which predated the thirteen original American colonies. For the past thirty years scholar Charles Gehring has been translating this trove, which was recently declared a national treasure. Now, Russell Shorto has made use of this vital material to construct a sweeping narrative of Manhattans founding that gives a startling, fresh perspective on how America began.
In an account that blends a novelists grasp of storytelling with cutting-edge scholarship, The Island at the Center of the World strips Manhattan of its asphalt, bringing us back to a wilderness islanda hunting ground for Indians, populated by wolves and bearsthat became a prize in the global power struggle between the English and the Dutch. Indeed, Russell Shorto shows that Americas founding was not the work of English settlers alone but a result of the clashing of these two seventeenth century powers. In fact, it was AmsterdamEuropes most liberal city, with an unusual policy of tolerance and a polyglot society dedicated to free tradethat became the model for the city of New Amsterdam on Manhattan. While the Puritans of New England were founding a society based on intolerance, on Manhattan the Dutch created a free-trade, upwardly-mobile melting pot that would help shape not only New York, but America.
The story moves from the halls of power in London and The Hague to bloody naval encounters on the high seas. The characters in the sagathe men and women who played a part in Manhattans foundingrange from the philosopher Rene Descartes to James, the Duke of York, to prostitutes and smugglers. At the heart of the story is a bitter power struggle between two men: Peter Stuyvesant, the autocratic director of the Dutch colony, and a forgotten American hero named Adriaen van der Donck, a maverick, liberal-minded lawyer whose brilliant political gamesmanship, commitment to individual freedom, and exuberant love of his new country would have a lasting impact on the history of this nation. [via]More editions of The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America:
Johnny Osageby Janice Holt GilesISBN 0395077354 (0-395-07735-4)
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Key to the Indianby Lynne Reid Banks, James WatlingISBN 0380803739 (0-380-80373-9)
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The Lance and the Shield: The Life and Times of Sitting Bullby Robert M. UtleyISBN 0345389387 (0-345-38938-7)
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THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
Reviled by the United States government as a troublemaker and a coward, revered by his people as a great warrior chief, Sitting Bull has long been one of the most fascinating and misunderstood figures in American history. Now, distinguished historian Robert M. Utley has forged a compelling new portrait of Sitting Bull, viewing the man from the Lakota perspective for the very first time to render the most unbiased and historically accurate biography of Sitting Buil to date.
WINNER OF THE SPUR AWARD FOR BEST WESTERN NONFICTION
HISTORICAL BOOK OF 1993
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Little Big Manby Thomas BergerISBN 0385298293 (0-385-29829-3)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Little Big Man'Book summary:The story of Jack Crabbe, raised by both a white man and a Cheyenne chief. As a Cheyenne, Jack ate dog, had four wives and saw his people butchered by General Custer's soldiers. As a white man, he participated in the slaughter of the buffalo and tangled with Wyatt Earp. [via]
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Man's Rise to Civilization, As Shown by the Indians of North America from Primeval Times to the Coming of the Industrial Stateby Peter FarbISBN 0380014092 (0-380-01409-2)
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Maps and Dreamsby Hugh BrodyISBN 0394748719 (0-394-74871-9)
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Martin's Hundredby Ivor Noel-HumeISBN 0394507282 (0-394-50728-2)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Martin's Hundred'Book summary:The author describes his archeological excavation of a seventeenth-century English settlement in Virginia and his discovery of evidence of the early colonial way of life.
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Milton in Americaby Peter AckroydISBN 0385477082 (0-385-47708-2)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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The Moonstoneby Wilkie Collins, Carolyn G. HeilbrunISBN 0375757856 (0-375-75785-6)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Moonstone'Book summary:"The Moonstone is a page-turner," writes Carolyn Heilbrun. "It catches one up and unfolds its amazing story through the recountings of its several narrators, all of them enticing and singular." Wilkie Collins's spellbinding tale of romance, theft, and murder inspired a hugely popular genre-the detective mystery. Hinging on the theft of an enormous diamond originally stolen from an Indian shrine, this riveting novel features the innovative Sergeant Cuff, the hilarious house steward Gabriel Betteridge, a lovesick housemaid, and a mysterious band of Indian jugglers.This Modern Library Paperback Classic is set from the definitive 1871 edition. [via]
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Mythologyby Neil Philip, Neil PhillipISBN 0375801359 (0-375-80135-9)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mythology'Book summary:From the mighty Zeus of Ancient Greece to the trickster Coyote of Native America, a host legendary icons spring to life in this comprehensive overview of world mythology. With a cultural and topical approach, Mythology examines the various interpretations of phenomena such as creation, afterlife, deities, and heroes from the Greek, Norse, Egyptian, Native American, Asian, Celtic, African, Maya, Inca, and Hindu traditions. Stunning color photographs and a rich array of artifacts and renderings highlight the influence of mythology on the arts and world religions. [via]
Panther in the Skyby James Alexander ThomISBN 0345366387 (0-345-36638-7)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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Pocahontasby Ingri D'Aulaire, Edgar Parin D'AulaireISBN 0385266073 (0-385-26607-3)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Pocahontasby Andy Holmes, James ConawayISBN 0345403614 (0-345-40361-4)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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Rabbit Bossby Thomas SanchezISBN 0394481879 (0-394-48187-9)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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The Ransom of Mercy Carterby Caroline B. CooneyISBN 0385326157 (0-385-32615-7)
Hardcover, Random House Children's Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Ransom of Mercy Carter'Book summary:Deerfield, Massachusetts is one of the most remote, and therefore dangerous, settlements in the English colonies. In 1704 an Indian tribe attacks the town, and Mercy Carter becomes separated from the rest of her family, some of whom do not survive. Mercy and hundreds of other settlers are herded together and ordered by the Indians to start walking. The grueling journey -- three hundred miles north to a Kahnawake Indian village in Canada -- takes more than 40 days. At first Mercy's only hope is that the English government in Boston will send ransom for her and the other white settlers. But days turn into months and Mercy, who has become a Kahnawake daughter, thinks less and less of ransom, of Deerfield, and even of her "English" family. She slowly discovers that the "savages" have traditions and family life that soon become her own, and Mercy begins to wonder: If ransom comes, will she take it? [via]
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Reinventing the Enemy's Languageby Gloria Bird, Joy Harjo, Beth Cuthand, Valerie Martinez, Patricia BlancoISBN 0393040291 (0-393-04029-1)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Reinventing the Enemy's Language'Book summary:A collection of poetry, fiction, prayer, and memoirs that shed light on what it means to be an Indian woman at the end of the century, when many people are wrestling with questions of identity and place. [via]
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Reinventing the Enemy's Languageby Joy HarjoISBN 0393318281 (0-393-31828-1)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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The Riddle of the Bones: Politics, Science, Race, and the Story of Kennewick Manby Roger DowneyISBN 0387988777 (0-387-98877-7)
Hardcover, Springer Verlag
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The Road to Omahaby Robert LudlumISBN 0394573293 (0-394-57329-3)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Road to Omaha'Book summary:"A very funny book... no character is minor: they're all hilarious." --Houston Chronicle.
In The Road To Gandolfo, Robert Ludlum introduced us to the outrageous General MacKenzie Hawkins and his legal wizard, Sam Devereaux, whose plot to kidnap the Pope spun wildly out of control into sheer hilarity. Now Ludlum's two wayward heroes return with a diabolical scheme to right a very old wrong -- and wreak vengeance on the (expletive deleted) who drummed the hawk out of the military. Their outraged opposition will be no less than the White House. Byzantine Treachery. Discovering a long-buried 1878 treaty with an obscure Indian tribe, the hawk -- a.k.a. Chief Thunder Head -- hatches a brilliant plot that will ultimately bring him and his reluctant lawyer Sam before the Supreme Court. Their goal: to reclaim a choice piece of American real estate -- the state of Nebraska. Which just happened to the headquarters of the U.S. Strategic Air Command! Will they succeed against the powers that be? Will the Wopotami tribe ever have their day in the Supreme Court? From the Oval Office to the Pentagon, all the president's men are outfitted, until it rests with CIA Director Vincent "Vinnie the Bam-Bam" Mangecavallo to cut Sam and Hawk off at the pass. And only one thing is certain: Robert Ludlum will keep us in nonstop suspense and side-splitting laughter-through the very last page.
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Seeds of Extinction: Jeffersonian Philanthropy and the American Indianby Bernard W. SheehanISBN 0393007162 (0-393-00716-2)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Sequoyahby Robert Cwiklik, Nancy FurstingerISBN 0382097599 (0-382-09759-9)
Softcover, Silver Burdett Press
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Sequoyah and the Cherokee Alphabetby Robert CwiklikISBN 0382095707 (0-382-09570-7)
Hardcover, Silver Burdett Pr
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Sing Down the Moonby Scott O'DellISBN 0395109191 (0-395-10919-1)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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Story of Hiawathaby Longfellow HwISBN 0394806611 (0-394-80661-1)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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The Story-Tellerby Leslie M. SiekoISBN 0394177959 (0-394-17795-9)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
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The Storyteller: A Novelby Mario Vargas Llosa, Helen LaneISBN 0374270856 (0-374-27085-6)
Hardcover, Farrar, Straus & Giroux
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The Survival of the Bark Canoeby John A. McPheeISBN 0374516936 (0-374-51693-6)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Survival of the Bark Canoe'Book summary:In an age of mass-produced and disposable objects, traditional crafts are becoming extinct, and appreciation for craftsmanship has become a hobby for the wealthy dilettante. But here and there, a few stalwart individuals carry on the old traditions. Henri Vaillancourt of Greenville, New Hampshire is in large part responsible for the continuing survival of the birch bark canoe. McPhee tells the story not only of Vaillancourt and his work, but of the canoe's role in American history. Many McPhee fans consider this lovely and lucid book one of his finest works. [via]
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Talking Leaves: Contemporary Native American Short Storiesby Craig Lesley, Katheryn StavrakisISBN 0385312725 (0-385-31272-5)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Thunderbird Fallsby C.E. MurphyISBN 0373802358 (0-373-80235-8)
Softcover, Harlequin Books
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For all the bodies she's encountering, you'd think beat cop Joanne Walker works in Homicide. But no, Joanne's a reluctant shaman who last saved mankind three months ago -- surely she deserves more of a break! Yet, incredibly, "Armageddon, take two" is mere days away.
There's not a minute to waste.
Yet when her spirit guide inexplicably disappears, Joanne needs help from other sources. Especially after she accidentally unleashes Lower World demons on Seattle. Damn. With the mother of all showdowns gathering force, it's the worst possible moment for Joanne to realize she should have learned more about controlling her powers. [via]
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Trail of Tearsby John EhleISBN 0385239548 (0-385-23954-8)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Tree in the Trailby Holling C. HollingISBN 039554534X (0-395-54534-X)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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The White Man's Indianby Robert F. BerkhoferISBN 0394484851 (0-394-48485-1)
Hardcover, Random House, Incorporated
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The White Man's Indian: Images of the American Indian, from Columbus to the Presentby Robert F. BerkhoferISBN 0394727940 (0-394-72794-0)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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The Wind Won't Know Me : A History of the Navajo-Hopi Land Disputeby Emily BenedekISBN 0394554299 (0-394-55429-9)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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