I have read this book several times. The 5th reading was just as capitvating as the first. The author of this book provides a detailed description of Wisconsin's Logging Camps. Better then I've ever seen.

This book is wonderful on many levels. Not only is it a remarkable rendition of an Indian legend it is beautifully wrought with incredibly detailed artwork. Each page offers something unexpected and delightful to return to again and again. Recommended for children of all ages, wonderful addition to libraries seeking story books about Indian daily life, ancient myths, and the changes of seasons.

Being an amateur historian and an amateur photographer, I profited immensely from reading this novel. I have studied western America since my college days. Of course, the American Indian plays a dramatic role in that history. I taught Indian lore as a camp counselor. The pictures of Edward Curtis for most of my life filled me with inspiration. However, something did not ring true. The aborigine's romanticized photos were out of sync with my critical approach to history. Fergus's novel does what no purely objectivist historian can do: convey to the reader an emotional appreciation of the reality of the subject of the candid camera. Being a photographer, I am sensitive to the stilted character of most of the photographs people take of their friends and others. This book is a powerful teaching tool for such picture takers. Perhaps, the book lesson of the book can be summed up in a short sentence uttered by heroine Annie Owns the Fire: "You see better what is going on by not looking directly at the subject."

In this book, editors Zlatko Šabiæ (University of Ljubljana) and Charles Bukowski (Bradley University, Massachusetts) construct a framework for addressing the process of NATO enlargement from the perspective of small states such as Slovenia aspiring to join NATO. In his foreword, George W. Grayson points out that more small states (with populations under ten million) abound in Europe since the end of the Cold War. These small states have found themselves in a "catch-22" situation vis-á-vis global and regional organizations. A small state is more vulnerable to the effects of membership in such an organization, and yet, if it remains outside the organization, it weakens its own political and economic standing and hence exacerbates its own vulnerability. The book is composed of seven chapters, mostly written by Slovenian scholars. The majority of the chapters are case studies of Slovenian-U.S. relations in light of Slovenia's efforts to join NATO. The book contributes to the literature by providing an insightful analysis of Slovenian foreign policy.---Johanna Granville, PhD

Charles Ronald provides a riveting, true story of a crack British Tank Regiment in the World War II clash with German General Erwin Rommel in the North African campaign in Some Survived: A True Story Of The Desert War Against Rommel. We follow the adventures of a group of friends though to the climactic confrontation and see them deal battlefield deaths with courage, fear, rage, and humor. Vividly written, totally engaging, Some Survived is a remarkable, gripping memoir, and an immensely valued contribution to the growing body of World War II literature.

I read a lot of fiction and, quite frankly, loved this book as much as anything I've read lately. Stough has written an unpretentious chronicle of Panama from the Spanish conquest to the present--and beyond. The story is told through people connected by blood and also by Panama's rich, varied culture. There are enough heroic, doomed, quixotic characters--spread over 350 years--to shame the Bard, a collection of natives, Spanish conquistadors, English pirates, opportunists of every ilk and, of course, French and American canal builders.

THis book is the most authoratative work on the mystery of the Mary Celeste. Originally published in the early 1940s it appears to provide the most truthful information to this date. No one will ever find the truth to this mystery and the dissapearance of the crew.
My interest in the mystery is due to being a decendant of two and possibly three members of the crew of this ship.

An illuminating look into the mascot controversy, "Team Spirits" covers many of the issues surrounding the debate, including historical, fiscal, and racial. This book belongs on the shelves of anthropologists, sportswriters, sports fans, and concerned individuals. "Team Spirits" is especially useful for countering the tired and ignorant accusation that removing mascots is merely a PC move by liberals with nothing better to do.

The Transformation Of The Southeastern Indians 1540-1760 edited by Robbie Ethridge (Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Southern Studies, University of Mississippi) and Charles Hudson (Franklin Professor of Anthropology and History, University of Georgia) is an impressive and wide-ranging selection of contemporary essays presenting and showcasing the latest discoveries and interpretations of how the Native Americans of the Southeast once lived, and their interactions with settlers prior to the establishment of The United States of America. A scholarly, seminal text featuring work by a diverse collection of learned authors, The Transformation Of The Southeastern Indians 1540-1760 is a welcome and strongly recommended addition to Native American Studies supplemental reading lists and academic reference collections.

This is a reissue of a book that is currently the only book that covers the general story of the Indians of Iowa, from past to present. In addition to the original essays, there are two new ones, both praiseworthy. One essay, by Maria Pearson, Yankton Sioux, describes her fight to protect native burials in Iowa-- which established state law that was the basis for the national law to protect native burials and sacred objects, NAGPRA. The other essay is a personal musings on the native tribe that provided Iowa with its name, the Iowa tribe; it is by Lance Foster, a member of the Iowa tribe. Few people recognize the importance of Indian history in the state of Iowa.. this book will help correct that.