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1	Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong more books like this by James W Loewen add to wishlist Why do so many Americans have little grasp of the ideas that shaped their nation? In this groundbreaking book, Loewen not only exposes the villain--textbooks that are embarrassing combinations of blind patriotism and outright lies--but reinstates suppressed information in a fascinating chronology. 26 photos. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.28! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux more books like this by John Gneisenau Neihardt add to wishlist This is the autobiography of Black Elk, a Lakota Indian fighting for freedom at the end of the 19th century, as told to author John G. Neihardt. While his tale glows with eyewitness accounts of historic events and Lakota Sioux customs, the heart of the book is Black Elk's soulful visions of a better future for his people and, by extension, for all ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.98! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Maya more books like this by Michael D Coe add to wishlist In this revised and expanded introduction to the Maya, Professor Coe incorporates the latest ideas and research in a fast-changing field. Spectacular tomb discoveries at the city of Copan reveal some of the early artistic and architectural splendours at this major site. New finds here and elsewhere entail a complete reinterpretation of the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.29! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Crazy Horse and Custer: The Parallel Lives of Two American Warriors more books like this by Professor Stephen E Ambrose add to wishlist A biographical study of the U.S. Cavalry general and the Sioux chief who met in battle at Little Bighorn, Montana, on June 25, 1876. Stephen Ambrose is the author of many highly acclaimed works of history, among them "D-Day, June 6, 1944" and "Undaunted Courage: Meriweather Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West". see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.49! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World more books like this by Tony Horwitz (Read by) add to wishlist The bestselling author of "Blue Latitudes" takes readers on a thrilling and eye-opening voyage to pre-Mayflower America. An irresistible blend of history, myth, and misadventure, "A Voyage Long and Strange" captures the wonder and drama of first contact. see all copies from $2.66! new only from $11.48! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Atlas of the North American Indian more books like this by Carl Waldman add to wishlist "Atlas of the North American Indian, Third Edition" chronicles the travel and experiences of Native Americans from the first voyage to North America to the present day. This new edition now features a bold full-color format and is bolstered by more than 120 full-color, detailed maps that cover important locations for American Indians, as well as ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West more books like this by Dee Brown add to wishlist Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is Dee Brown's eloquent, fully documented account of the systematic destruction of the American Indian during the second half of the 19th century. When it was first published in 1971, both reviewers and the reading public responded first with shock, then a deep sense of shame, calling it "shattering" (Washington Post) ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.75! \| first editions \| SVS
8	First Peoples: A Documentary Survey of American Indian History more books like this by Professor Colin G Calloway add to wishlist "First Peoples" distinctive approach to American Indian history has earned praise and admiration from its users. Created to fill the significant need for a survey text that acknowledges the diversity of Native peoples, respected scholar Colin G. Calloway provides a solid course foundation that still allows instructors to emphasize selected topics ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $24.54! \| SVS
9	America B.C. : ancient settlers in the New World more books like this by Barry Fell add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $79.54! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	Trail of Tears: The Rise and Fall of the Cherokee Nation more books like this by John Ehle add to wishlist In the tradition of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, the author of the highly acclaimed The Winter People tells the moving, searing story of the betrayal and brutal dispossession of the Cherokee Nation. "(A) beautifully written and emotionally mature book . . . a must".--New York Newsday. see all copies from $3.27! new only from $9.59! \| first editions \| SVS
11	Facing East from Indian Country: A Native History of Early America more books like this by Dr. Daniel K Richter add to wishlist In the beginning, North America was Indian country. But only in the beginning. After the opening act of the great national drama, Native Americans yielded to the westward rush of European settlers. Or so the story usually goes. Yet, for three centuries after Columbus, Native people controlled most of eastern North America and profoundly shaped its ... see all copies from $4.71! new only from $15.18! \| SVS
12 view cover	The Buried Mirror: Reflections on Spain and the New World more books like this by Carlos Fuentes add to wishlist In this sweeping, vividly written, and profusely illustrated work, Fuentes surveys the vast, complex 500-year history of the Spanish in the Americas and sees both the richness of the culture that has evolved and the troubling vestiges of colonialism. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.92! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Wilderness at Dawn: The Settling of the North American Continent more books like this by Ted Morgan add to wishlist From the Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Somerset Maugham, the sprawling roughhouse epic of the unsung heroes, heroines, and rogues who tamed the continent that became our country. Morgan uses scenes and dialogues from letters, journal, and diaries to re-create the odysseys, adventures, human ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.59! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	When the Mississippi Ran Backwards: Empire, Intrigue, Murder, and the New Madrid Earthquakes more books like this by Jay Feldman add to wishlist Feldman chronicles how the most powerful series of earthquakes in American history reversed the flow of the Mississippi River, uncovered a seamy murder, and altered the course of the War of 1812. Line drawings throughout. of photos. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Red, White, and Black: The Peoples of Early North America more books like this by Gary B Nash add to wishlist For courses in Colonial and Revolutionary American History. Written by highly acclaimed historian Gary B. Nash, this text presents an interpretive account of the interactions between Native Americans, African Americans, and Euroamericans during the colonial and revolutionary eras. It reveals the crucial interconnections between North America's ... see all copies* from $1.99! new only from $26.00!
16 view cover	The Great Journey: The Peopling of Ancient America more books like this by Brian M Fagan add to wishlist How, where, when, and why did human beings take the first steps in their journey to populate North America? First published in 1987, The Great Journey tells the story of Brian Fagan's search for the first Americans - one of archaeology's great controversies. An enhanced edition of this dramatic narrative and real-life mystery follows the trail of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.95! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Ecological Indian: Myth and History more books like this by Shepard Krech, III add to wishlist This scholarly book studies the reality behind the "ecological Indian" myth, and warns that revisionist historians who perpetuate this false history oversimplify both the positive and negative aspects of the Native American legacy. see all copies from $5.30! new only from $10.65! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	The Name of War: King Philip's War and the Origins of American Identity more books like this by Jill Lepore add to wishlist A history of the largely forgotten 1675 Indian uprising in America, in which the Algonquian tribes massacred nearly half the white colonists of New England before they were put down (just as brutally) by British troops. Lepore, a history professor at Boston University, maintains that this was the most vicious war ever fought on American soil. see all copies from $4.00! new only from $10.16! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Coyote medicine : lessons from Native American healing more books like this by Lewis Mehl-Madrona add to wishlist This is a philosophical and practical guide to North American Indian medicine and its focus on the "world" of the patient, including his or her personality, family or community problems. The healing process involves meeting and facing the "spirit" of the illness, ceremonies to communicate with the spirit world and exorcise evil, and manipulative ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	The Course of Empire more books like this by Bernard Augustine DeVoto add to wishlist Tracing North American exploration from Balboa to Lewis Clark, DeVoto tells in classic fashion how the drama of discovery defined the American nation. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.61! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Ancient North America: The Archaeology of a Continent more books like this by Brian M Fagan add to wishlist The entire course of native American history is traced in this book, from the first appearance of humans in the New World, more than 14,000 years ago, to the cataclysmic aftermath of European settlement. This text has been completely revised and expanded. It includes an updated account of controversies over first settlement, and new material on ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $25.00! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	The Scratch of a Pen: 1763 and the Transformation of North America more books like this by Professor Colin G Calloway add to wishlist In February 1763, Britain, Spain, and France signed the Treaty of Paris, ending the French and Indian War. In this one document, more American territory changed hands than in any treaty before or since. As the great historian Francis Parkman wrote, "half a continent...changed hands at the scratch of a pen." As Colin Calloway reveals in this superb ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.03! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	The Spanish Frontier in North America more books like this by David J Weber add to wishlist In 1513, when Ponce de Leon stepped ashore on a beach of what is now Florida, Spain gained its first foothold in North America. For the next 300 years, Spaniards ranged through the continent building forts, missions and farms, ranches and towns to reconstruct the Iberian world. This illustrated book presents an overview of the Spanish colonial ... see all copies from $3.95! new only from $19.47! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	The Middle Ground: Indians, Empires, and Republics in the Great Lakes Region, 1650-1815 more books like this by Richard White, Frederick Hoxie (Editor), Neal Salisbury (Editor) add to wishlist This book seeks to step outside the simple stories of Indian/white relations--stories of conquest and assimilation and stories of cultural persistence. It is, instead, about a search for accommodation and common meaning. It tells how Europeans and Indians met, regarding each other as alien, as virtually nonhuman, and how between 1650 and 1815 they ... see all copies from $5.00! new only from $25.00! \| SVS
25 view cover	Images of the Past more books like this by T Douglas Price add to wishlist This well illustrated, site-by-site survey of prehistory captures the popular interest, excitement, and visual splendor of archaeology as it provides insight into current research, innovative interpretations, and important theoretical themes in the field. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $65.09! \| first editions \| SVS

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