The North-Americans of Yesterday

Frederick S. Dellenbaugh

Verlag: G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1901

An illustrated examination of the lives of North-American Natives, looking at their languages and dialects, dwellings, mining, their customs, and their forms of government. An intimate look at the lives of North-Americans during the nineteenth century. Dellenbaugh looks at their dialects, their forms of writing, pottery, sculpture, instruments, ceremonies, and myths.Frederick Dellenbaugh was an explorer, being a member of the expedition that discovered the Escalante River and the Henry Mountains. He also joined expeditions to Alaska, and to the Colorado River, travelling widely across the United States and Europe.His other publications include 'The Romance of the Colorado River', 'Breaking the Wilderness', and 'In the Amazon Jungle'.With a frontispiece and over three-hundred and fifty vignette illustrations throughout, most credited as being from either the U.S. Bureau of Ethnology, or the Peabody Museum. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Externally, very smart, with light bumping to spine head and tail, and minor discolouration to back strip. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright, with light handling marks to first and last few leaves. Very Good Indeed. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 879F52

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The North-Americans of Yesterday
Verlag: G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York
Erscheinungsdatum: 1901
Einband: Cloth
Illustrator: Not Stated
Zustand: Very Good Indeed
Art des Buches: book