A History of US Book 1: The First Americans (Prehistory-1600)

by Hakim, Joy

• ISBN13: 9780195127522
• ISBN10: 0195127528
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-04-01
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Each book in this award-winning series is accurate and reliable history written in the tradition of great storytelling. The narrative and informal text includes off-beat, little-known events and singular personalities that make the traditional meat-and-potatoes of American history anything but boring.

Table of Contents

History? Why?	11	(3)
Away with Time	14	(2)
In the Beginning	16	(5)
Feature: Old Mysteries and New Discoveries	18	(3)
How the First Americans Became Indians	21	(5)
Feature: Some Thoughts on Dinosaurs and the Earth	24	(2)
Put On Your Earmuffs	26	(5)
Feature: Life in the Far North	28	(3)
Cliff Dwellers and Others	31	(4)
The Show-Offs	35	(5)
Feature: Life on the Northwest Coast	38	(2)
Taking a Tour	40	(4)
Plains Indians Are Not Plain at All	44	(5)
Feature: Life on the Great Plains	47	(1)
Feature: How Did They Say ``Mom''?	48	(1)
Mound for Mound, Those Are Heavy Hills	49	(5)
Feature: Digging Up Dirt on the Mound Builders	53	(1)
Indians of the Eastern Forests	54	(4)
People of the Long House	58	(4)
Let's Turn North	62	(7)
Feature: The Vikings at L'anse Aux Meadows	66	(1)
Feature: How Do You Know What You Know?	67	(1)
Feature: Navigation Instruments	68	(1)
The Power of the Press	69	(3)
A Boy Named Christopher Has a Dream	72	(5)
A New Land is ``Discovered''	77	(5)
Feature: From Columbus's Pen	81	(1)
The Next Voyage	82	(5)
Stowaways: Worms and a Dog	87	(3)
Sailing Around the World	90	(5)
What's in a Name?	95	(4)
Feature: The First Map to Include ``America''	96	(3)
About Beliefs and Ideas	99	(4)
Feature: Stories of How the World Began	102	(1)
New Spain	103	(10)
Feature: Ways of Reading and Writing	109	(1)
Feature: Life among the Maya and Aztec	110	(2)
Feature: Tenochtitlan	112	(1)
Ponce de Leon, Pizarro, and Spanish Colonies	113	(3)
Gloom, Doom, and a Bit of Cheer	116	(2)
North of New Spain	118	(4)
Being a Conquistador with Coronado	122	(4)
Conquistadors: California to Florida	126	(5)
A Place Called Santa Fe	131	(2)
Las Casas Cares	133	(5)
The Big Picture	138	(2)
From Spain to England to France	140	(2)
France in America: Pirates and Adventurers	142	(4)
Rain, Ambush, and Murder	146	(3)
New France	149	(5)
Feature: Traveling by Canoe and Portage	152	(2)
Elizabeth and Friends	154	(2)
Utopia in America	156	(3)
Lost: A Colony	159	(5)
Feature: From John White's Log	163	(1)
An Armada Is a Fleet of Ships	164	(2)
The End: Keep Reading	166	(2)
Chronology of Events	168	(2)
More Books to Read	170	(2)
Picture Credits	172	(1)
Index	173	(4)
A Note from the Author	177