The Indian How Book (Dover Children's Classics)

by Arthur C. Parker

Paperback, 1975

Status

Available

Call number

F > Food, Drink

Description

A guide to over seventy crafts and activities of various Indian tribes revealing many facts about their everyday lives and customs.

Publication

Dover Publications (1975), Edition: Reprint, 352 pages

Media reviews

… [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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Call number

F > Food, Drink

Language

Original language

English

Original publication date

1927

Physical description

352 p.; 8.94 inches

ISBN

0486217671 / 9780486217673

UPC

800759217670
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