Native Peoples of the Plateau Contributor(s): Goddu, Krystyna Poray (Author) |
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ISBN: 1467783099 ISBN-13: 9781467783095 Publisher: Lerner Publications (Tm) OUR PRICE: $31.65 Product Type: Library Binding - Other Formats Published: August 2016 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places - United States - Native American - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - United States - General - Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Science - Customs, Traditions, Anthropology |
Dewey: 979.503 |
LCCN: 2015042710 |
Lexile Measure: 850 |
Series: North American Indian Nations |
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 7.1" W x 9.1" (0.60 lbs) 48 pages |
Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Religious Orientation - Native American |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: When explorers and traders moved west across the United States in the 1800s, they found many nations of American Indians already living in the Plateau region near the Columbia River. These nations had their own languages and governments, and they were experts at living in this land surrounded by mountains and filled with rivers. |
Contributor Bio(s): Goddu, Krystyna Poray: - Krystyna Poray Goddu has been a writer and editor for more than thirty years; her books include Dollmakers and Their Stories: Women Who Changed the World of Play, and A Girl Called Vincent: A Biography of Poet Edna St. Vincent Millay, both middle-grade nonfiction. Her writing for children has also appeared in American Girl magazine. She reviews and writes about children's books for Publishers Weekly and The New York Times Book Review. In addition to her writing and editing experience, she has worked in school libraries and taught writing to middle-school students in independent schools in New York City. She holds a degree in comparative literature from Brown University. |