The Colorful Story of North American Indians
by Royal B. Hassrick
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0706403606
- ISBN 13
- 9780706403602
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
London, England: Octopus Books, 1974 Octopus Books, London, England. 1974. Hardcover. First Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for former owner gift inscription on FFFP. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Fine; price clipped. Sepia pictorial boards of Indian village with sepia lettering on spine. Pictorial endpapers. 144 pp. This book tells the exciting story of the North American Indian peoples, their way of life as hunters, warriors, farmers or seafarers, their different systems of government, their colorful religious beliefs and customs and their magnificent arts and crafts. The Indians have had a turbulent history, not least in their struggles with the white man, and the author takes a sympathetic look at the plight of the Indian in the modern world and the measures being taken to help him. A clean pristine copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002866
- Title
- The Colorful Story of North American Indians
- Author
- Royal B. Hassrick
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0706403606
- ISBN 13
- 9780706403602
- Publisher
- Octopus Books
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 1974
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS, INDIAN ARTS AND CRAFTS, RELIGIOUS BELIEFS, AFFAIRS, CRAFTS BOARD,
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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