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Lädt ... The Book of Indians (1935)von Holling Clancy Holling
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. I didn't know this book or author when I was a child. I only found this book one night last week on a sidewalk trash pile at the building next door in a bag of discarded books waiting to be picked up the next morning. I took the discard bag home to look for interesting titles, and this was the only one that seemed worth keeping, mainly because of its age, from 1935. It was slightly water damaged, and the cover needed cleaning. I let the book dry for a couple of days while I researched it online. I'm so glad I found and kept the book, because I've found nothing but good reviews, but also disappointed that someone put it in the trash without a thought of seeing if anyone else would want it first. But now I can add this gem to my collection, and finally read it and appreciate the physical aesthetics of the book, the typeface, illustrations, and endpaper maps, as a now 62-year-old kid at heart! :-D A first-class Holling book, and as always, full of good information. Case in point: when I first read this book in 1975 I decided to follow he woodland-Indians in avoiding salt to reduce mosquito-attacks. That was good information, confirmed by thirty-seven years' subsequent experience. The book is structured as set of four studies in children of the woodland, the plains, the Southwest, and the Pacific coast. Long before most writers (for children or adults) were worried about this, the Hollings were, so-to-put, practicing affirmative action, by giving equal prominence to girls and boys, and by including the story of a boy who is nominally disabled, but tremendously resourceful, and useful to his people. Includes brief glossary. Zeige 2 von 2 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
Excerpt from The Book of Indians Here are a few things to keep in mind while reading this book: In most tribes the Indian child did not take a father's clan as we take the name of a father, but was classed as the mother's child. A father re mained adviser to his son or daughter, but generally he did not have a great deal to do with their daily lives. The mother's brother became friend, teacher, and all-around big brother. Love of battle was characteristic of most Indians. To them the battle ground proved manhood and courage. Their code of honor was rigid, though often misunderstood by us. Horses were not known to the Indians until the Spaniards came to America. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Google Books — Lädt ... GenresKeine Genres Melvil Decimal System (DDC)970.1History and Geography North America North America Indians, aboriginesKlassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt:
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