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English
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After a mountainside massacre yields a grim message, Painter Crowe, director of Sigma Force, must join with Commander Grayson Pierce and an unlikely ally if he is going to get to the root of a conspiracy that stretches back to a lost prehistoric colony in America.
3) 1491
Author
Publisher
Highbridge Audio
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Charles Mann takes us on a journey of scientific exploration. We learn that the Indian development of modern corn was one of the most complex feats of genetic engineering ever performed. That the Great Plains are a third smaller today than they were in 1700 because the Indians who maintained them by burning died. And that the Amazon rain forest may be largely a human artifact.
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Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
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After over 120 years, the regalia worn by Arapaho Chief Black Heart in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show were to be returned to his people. But the cartons that arrived at the Arapaho museum were empty. Rancher and Indian artifact collector Trevor Pratt, who had them shipped from Germany, believes thieves stole them en route. But Vicky Holden and Father John O'Malley suspect Trevor knows more about the theft than he's telling.
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
When Columbus stepped ashore in 1492, millions of people were already living in America. It wasn't exactly a 'New World,' but an old one whose inhabitants had built a vast infrastructure of cities, orchards, canals, and causeways. But after Columbus set foot in the Americas, an endless wave of explorers, conquistadors, and settlers arrived, and with each of their ships came a Noah's Ark of plants, animals, and disease. Here is an exploration into...
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
After meeting with President Thomas Jefferson, notorious daredevil and explorer Ethan Gage sets off into the American wilderness. Following an archaic map, his quest is to track down Thor's hammer, a powerful remnant from an early Norse settlement with the power to control the weather and lightning.
12) Native America
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Ancient wisdom and modern science are combined to shed light on who were America's first people." --
