Thomas Page

The Civilization of the American Indian

Minerva, Geneve, 1979, no edition stated

Description and condition:

Creme cloth hardback with dustcover, 8 by 10 inch (4to), 170 pp., b/w and colour illustrations.
Worn dustcover with tears and small loss, now protected. Soiling to the boards, light spotting to the endpapers. Overall a good copy with nice clean pages.

Contents:

'Besides a study of the origins of a great people, neglected for so many years, this book presents the Indians of the various regions: the Northeast, Southeast, Plains, Southwest, Pacific Northwest, Great Basin and California. The way they lived, their customs and laws, their agriculture, the mysteries of their medicine, their beliefs, their authentic and refreshingly original art, etc. is all explained in a vivid and readable style.'