The Native American Experience - Hardcover

Wertz, Jay

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 159921475X ISBN 13: 9781599214757

Publisher: Globe Pequot Press, 2008

Synopsis

Without a doubt, there is one event in the history of Native Americans that overshadows all others in its impact on their cultures--the discovery of the Western Hemisphere by European explorers. This pivotal motif is at the center of "The Native American Experience," which tells the story of America's native peoples from their Ice Age migration to the influence of Native American cultures today. After providing an overview of early tribal history, Jay Wertz examines tribes from coast to coast through the lens of their tumultuous relationship with settlers and others over the centuries. Sure to be treasured by anyone interested in Native Americans and their far-reaching impact on North America's development, "The Native American Experience" truly brings their history to life. It features more than 200 full-color and black-and-white illustrations, as well as thirty rare and newly researched removable facsimile historical documents from key U.S. archives.

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From the Back Cover

The Native American Experience

 

Foreword by Dr. Blue Clark

 

Native Americans have fascinated the world ever since European explorers discovered the Western Hemisphere.  The Native American Experience tells their story from migration during the Ice Age to the influence of Native American culture today, examining early Native American tribal history and the turbulent relationship between Native Americans and Western settlers.

 

The Native American Experience contains a 64-page book with over 200 illustrations and 30 rare and newly researched removable facsimile documents of historic importance, including:

 

• An issue of The Cherokee Phoenix newspaper from 1828
• A Mid-Eighteenth century map based on the travels of Chegeree, a Native American
• President Lincoln’s hand-written pardon of 38 Dakota warriors
• Top-secret Navajo Code Talker documents from the Second World War
• A full-size replica of the painting God Gives the World to Arapaho Children by America Meredith

About the Author

Jay Wertz is the author of "The Civil War Experience" and the coauthor of "Smithsonian's Great Battles and Battlefields of the Civil War." He wrote and directed the television series on which the latter book is based. He lives in San Diego, California.

About this edition

• Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 159921475X
• ISBN 13: 9781599214757
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 64