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In the Hands of the Great Spirit: The 20,000-Year History of American Indians
by Page, Jake
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- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- About Fine/Wraps
- ISBN 10
- 0684855771
- ISBN 13
- 9780684855776
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About This Item
New York: Free Press, 2003. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. About Fine/Wraps. First Edition, First Printing. trade PB in illustrated wraps. About Fine. Front endpaper lightly stained, pages toned but supple and unmarked. 404pp inc. Bibliography and Further Reading, Index; illustrated in textual reproductions, photos on glossy paper.
Synopsis
Today, some 2 million American Indians inhabit the United States, less than 1 percent of the nation's population. Their origins have always been viewed from a 500-year-old perspective -- from the point of view of the Europeans who "discovered" the New World. Yet the true story of the American Indians begins some seventeen thousand years ago -- and it is past due for a telling that shows Indians as they are, rather than as westerners wish them to be. Recent archaeological findings, newly discovered written accounts, and never-before-published records have contributed to a whole new understanding of our country's oldest ancestors. Drawing upon the latest research, as well as his own personal experience living among the Hopi tribes, acclaimed author and former Natural History magazine editor Jake Page covers all aspects of Indian life throughout the ages. From the Pleistocene era to Custer's Last Stand, the Trail of Tears to the Indian Civil Rights Act, the establishment of reservations to the negotiation of casino property, In the Hands of the Great Spirit reveals the astonishing endurance of a group of people whose experience is as varied as the world is old.
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- Bookseller
- Basement Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 036854
- Title
- In the Hands of the Great Spirit: The 20,000-Year History of American Indians
- Author
- Page, Jake
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - About Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Wraps
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0684855771
- ISBN 13
- 9780684855776
- Publisher
- Free Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2003
- Pages
- 496
- Keywords
- HISTORY AMERICAN INDIANS NATIVE AMERICANS ABORIGINIES
- Bookseller catalogs
- Non-fiction; History;
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