Encounters at the Heart of the World: A History of the Mandan People
- ISBN-10
- 0809042398
- ISBN-13
- 9780809042395
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 456
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-03-11
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Author
- Elizabeth A. Fenn
Description
Draws on important new discoveries in a range of disciplines to chronicle the history of the Mandan Native Americans while sharing revisionist perspectives about their thriving commercial and agricultural practices before European diseases decimated their culture. 15,000 first printing.
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