Search Results: Native America: History from pacaritambo books

Tucson, AZ: American Rock Art Research Assn. , 2007. 1st Edition Printing Unknown. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. B&W photos, drawings illustrate throughout. CONDITION: NEW 2007 ARARA large paperback, first edition, no printing given. B&W photos, drawings, & charts illustrate. CONTENT: For over 6,000 years traders, hunters, and farmers visited and lived in Nine Mile Canyon in Utah. The perennial creek and springs provided year-round water for agriculture. The evidence of this long history of human habitation is a forty-mile rock gallery following Minnie Maud creek to the Green River. This corridor is one of the world's longest and most magnificent rock art panels. When the Barrett Corporation was granted permission to drill for oil and gas in Nine Mile Canyon, most of the great panels were impacted by dust and chemical from this industrial endeavor. This book seeks to save, at least via drawings and photos, what is left of this great art work. The permission to drill was given over the… Read More

Catalogos (Argentina)/Waltson, 2004. 1st Edition Printing Unknown. Soft cover. As New/No Jacket Issued. Color illustrations and photos. CONTENT: UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 2004 Catalogos paperback, 1st edition. Light tanning to back white cover edges. Decorated end pages. Color illustrations & photos. CONTENT: This, the story of the transformation of corn from world plant to the mainstay of the great civilizations of the New World, is an enthralling, historically correct adventure. Tel cuento de la transformación del maiz, de planta salvaje al sostén principal de la civilizaciones del Nuevo Mundo, es una fascinante aventura, historicament correcta. Corn is a domesticated plant of the New World, as ancient as the wheat and rice of the Old World. Corn does not seem to be a likely heroin, yet "Corn Woman, Mujer Maiz" brings her to life. In this tale of growth to maturity, adaptation in those who love her, and ironic twists of plot as a vengeful captive in a foreigh land, corn is a persona,… Read More

Marlowe & Company, 1998. First Thus Printing Unknown. Soft cover. As New/No Jacket Issued. B&W drawings by the Author. CONDITION: UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 1998 Marlowe large (and heavy) paperback edition. Tiny edge wear bottom edge (due to size of book) and a remainder mark bottom edges at spine. The interior is clean & tight. CONTENT: This definitive illustrated account of the warrior societies and cults of the Sioux, Cheyenne, Arapaho, Blackfoot, Crow and other Plains tribes, brings alive through text, meticulously rendered pen and ink drawings and vibrant color prints the intricate, inventive beauty of Indian costume and regalia in a sympathetic evocation of a way of life tragically destroyed. From the years between 1750 and 1850.

University of New Mexico Press, 1991. Reprint 4th Printing. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. B&W Black Mesa map; chapter decorations; sheet music. CONDITION: UNREAD 1991 Univ. of New Mexico Press (ABQ) trade paperback, reprint, 4th printing. B&W Black Mesa map plus beautiful chapter decorations. CONTENT: Here the noted folklorist brings together traditional accounts of epic events and adventures in the life of Hopi clans and villages, from legendary to historical times. Notes, a pronunciation guide, and a glossary enhance the reader's appreciation of the text.

Clarion Books, 1994. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Paul Morin. CONDITION: UNREAD, but not perfect, c. 1993 Clarion hardcover (pictorial boards - no DJ), first printing. Problem: light shelf wear from sliding in and out of shelf against other books. Not bad but there. Beautiful and haunting color illustrations by Paul Morin. Decorated end pages. CONTENT: Dazzling paintings and "assemblage pieces" containing historic artifacts and natural objects from the Great Plains highlight this spare, poetic account of a dramatic episode in American history. The Ghost Dance movement, envisioned by the Paiute prophets Tavibo and Wovoka, began in hope: Native peoples danced together to restore the bountiful world of their ancestors. But it ended in tragedy, with the massacre at Wounded Knee. This evocative story offers a vivid glimpse of a vanished past, and a powerful message for the future.

Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press, 1990. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Good+. B&W era photo section. CONDITION: UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 1990 UT Press hardcover (red boards) & dust jacket (reworked) in mylar cover, first edition, first printing. Part of the American Studies Series. PROBLEMS: UT went through a period of putting out horrible dust jackets - this is one of them. I have added color to rubbings to make the DJ more even and easier to look at - plus the book does have an embossed stamp on title and 1/2 title page with a few small foxing spots top and fore edges. Actually better than it sounds. Small B&W era photo section. Notes, bibliography, index. Includes a map. CONTENT: Helen Hunt Jackson became known as the Harriet Beecher Stowe for Native Americans with the overwhelming success of her book, Ramona. Jackson hoped the novel would arouse public sentiment for California's Mission Indians as Uncle Tom's Cabin had for black slaves. Ironically, though,… Read More

Flagstaff, AZ: Northland Press, 1968. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. Don Perceval photos and sketches. CONDITION: AS NEW - both DJ and Book. What makes this "AS NEW?" - the book has a signature on the title page which has nothing to do with either the Author nor Illustrator - but is from a named photography business in Ohio. Previous owner. Dust Jacket (in mylar cover) - has several very very small nics top edge and a small strange scratch on the front DJ panel. Hard to see - but there. So, AS NEW. UNREAD 1974 Northland Press hardcover (cloth boards), first edition, third printing. B&W sketches and drawings plus some color art. Don Perceval photos and sketches. CONTENT: Illustrated commentary on the earlier life of Navajo Indians. Includes both black and white sketches, along with full watercolor illustration. The drawings emerged as the product of 35 years of study and experience of the Navajo life. Book originally issued with illustrated dust jacket. Text serves more as… Read More

Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2000. 1st Edition Assumed 1st. Hardcover. New/New. B&W era photo section. CONDITION: NEW 2000 Farrar, Straus & Giroux hardcover (decorated gold boards) & dust jacket, first edition, assumed first printing. B&W ear photo section illustrates. CONTENT: A great writer's journey of exploration in an American place that is both strange and deeply familiar. In Ian Frazier's bestselling Great Plains, he described meeting a man in New York City named Le War Lance, "an Oglala Sioux Indian from Oglala, South Dakota." In On the Rez, Frazier returns to the plains and focuses on a place at their center-the Pine Ridge Reservation in the prairie and badlands of South Dakota, home of the Oglala Sioux. Frazier drives around "the rez" with Le War Lance and other Oglalas as they tell stories, visit relatives, go to powwows and rodeos and package stores, and try to find parts to fix one or another of their on-the-verge-of-working cars. On the Rez considers Indian ideas of freedom and… Read More

Clarion, 2008. 1st Edition 3rd Printing. Hardcover. New/New. Color & B&W era art reproductions throughout. CONDITION: NEW 2008 Clarion large hardcover (orange boards with gold foil title) and dust jacket (in mylar cover), first edition, 3rd printing. Color and B&W paintings/art reproductions throughout. Some paintings are reproduced in full. CONTENT: Catlin is one of America's best-known painters, famous for his iconic portraits of Native Americans. He spent much of his life in the wilderness, sketching and painting as he traveled. A solo trek across 500 miles of uncharted prairie, an expedition to the Andes, harrowing encounters with grizzly bears and panthers, and tours of the royal palaces of Europe were among his many adventures. In an era when territorial expansion resulted in the near annihilation of many indigenous cultures, George Catlin dedicated himself to meeting and writing about the native peoples of the western hemisphere. With his "Indian Gallery" of paintings and artifacts, he… Read More

Utah: Zion Natural History Assn., 1978. 1st Edition Printing Unknown. Soft cover. As New/No Jacket Issued. Eugene Palmer & Ursula Koering B&W Illus.. CONDITION: UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 1978 edition/printing Zion Natural History Assn. large trade paperback, no printing given. Although the date on this book is 1978, the book is too "new" to be that early a printing/release. Wonderful B&W illustrations by Eugene Palmer & Ursula Koering. Problem: tiny edge wear to cover with a pale, pale remainder mark bottom edges. This book, originally published in 1946, contains myths, legends, and folk tales from primarily the Piaute people of the Zion National Park area - trickster tales, star stories, creation lore, and also includes a Glossary, Time Measurement section, and Astronomy section.