The Indian How Book (Dover Children's Classics)

… [This book] was originally published in 1927, and is reprinted here in unabridged form, with no contemporary introduction or interpretation. The book includes such inappropriate sections as "How Indians Smelled," "How Bad Were the Indians?," and "How Civilized Are the Indians To-day?" … Most

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of the material is presented with stereotypes representative of turn-of-the-century views…. The author generalizes by using the term "Indian," rather than identifying customs as belonging to specific tribes. …

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