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 ...
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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 ... 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.
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Add this copy of The Book of Indians to cart. $50.00, good condition, Sold by DogStar Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lancaster, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1935 by The Platt & Munk Co.
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Very Good- Color Plates, drawings, diagrams and maps; 4to 11"-13" tall; 125 pages; 1935 The Platt & Munk Co. Oversize HC in original textured blue paper covered boards with pictorial title design in ochre to cover and spine. Presumed 1st edition or early printing with only the 1935 date on the copyright and no additional date or printing indications. Soundly bound and clean with no marks. Mild shelf rubbing to the binding material at the corner tips and spine ends; a shallow short crimp to the paper pver the spine. Publisher's linen lined internal joints are sound; pictorial map endsheets bright and clean, though with a small surface abrasion to the front pastedown where an owner label may have been removed. Title at sp[ine a little dim. Illustrated throughout with Holling's distinctive inter-text and border drawings and six full page color plates. Lacking dust jacket but solid and clean and in siginficantly better condition tham most of the copies we have seen over the years. VG-to VG.
Add this copy of The Book of Indians to cart. $87.15, good condition, Sold by Stephen White Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Bradford, WEST YORKSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1935 by Platt and Munk.
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NOT Ex-Library. Hardback/Hardcover. Well read copy with some spine wear but very useable. Original cover sleeve but it's not in good condtion. The rest of the book is in good condition. Quick dispatch from UK seller.
Add this copy of The Book of Indians to cart. $95.00, very good condition, Sold by Wonder Book - Member ABAA/ILAB rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Frederick, MD, UNITED STATES.
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Very Good. NY: Platt & Munk 1935. Presumed 1st edition. Hardcover 4to 125 pgs. Color frontis and plates, brown illustrations. Very good in a poor dust jacket. Medium blue cloth with bright red lettering and bird. Wear to corners and spine ends. Contents clean and binding sound. Jacket is quite edgeworn, chipped and torn. Both flaps are detached but present. Soil to rear panel. (Native Americans, Juvenile Literature) Inquire if you need further information.
Add this copy of The Book of Indians to cart. $100.00, very good condition, Sold by Magers and Quinn Booksellers rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Minneapolis, MN, UNITED STATES.
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Very Good. Condition: Very Good; Hardcover in dustjacket. First Edition. Blue cloth. The book is in Very Good condition with clean covers and pages and a tight binding. Mild edgewear at spine ends and corners. Gift inscription on recto of frontis. The jacket is clean and bright with heavy edgewear and a couple chips missing on back cover. Photos upon request.
Add this copy of The Book of Indians to cart. $137.00, like new condition, Sold by Bookmine rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Fair Oaks, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1935 by Platt & Munk.
Add this copy of The Book of Indians to cart. $137.00, very good condition, Sold by Bookmine rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Fair Oaks, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1935 by Platt & Munk.
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Fine copy (inscription on end paper, very light fading to covers). 4to. 125 pps. Illustrated in black, white and color by the author. Very scarce in this condition.
Add this copy of The Book of Indians to cart. $302.44, very good condition, Sold by RARE BOOK CELLAR rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Pomona, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1935 by Platt & Munk.
Add this copy of The Book of Indians to cart. $666.67, fair condition, Sold by BookDrop rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Phoenix, AZ, UNITED STATES, published 1935 by The Platt & Munk Co. Inc. Publishers.
This is a great book for teaching Native American History to elementary students. The stories are engaging and the illustrations are interesting. Similar to Pagoo, by the same author, this book allows for nearly effortless learning through fiction. Great read-aloud.
(Note: some reviewers have noted certain terms which might be offensive to our present-day Native Americans, however my husband is half Navajo and found the book enchanting)
