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The day before America : changing the nature of a continent

History and prehistory come alive in this extraordinary account of America as it was before it got its name. William H. MacLeish paints a heart-rending portrait of the lush, miraculous New World on the eve of the Encounter - the arrival of the first Europeans, after which nothing would be the same....

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Main Author: MacLeish, William H., 1928-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1994.
Subjects and Genres:
Indians of North America > History.
Hunting and gathering societies > North America.
Indian philosophy > North America.
Natural history > North America.
Human ecology > North America.
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Table of Contents:
  • Existence in reality
  • Across the border
  • A land without us
  • Children of the ice
  • Among animals
  • Hands in the leaves
  • Costs of living
  • The day before America
  • Up till now
  • This one is ours
  • A native sense.

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