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The Whale Watcher’s Guide : Whale-watching Trips In North America

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Patricia Corrigan ; foreword by Roger Payne
Publication Details
Book, Updated ed, NorthWord Press, 1999
Description
With new information regarding whale tours in North America, this valuable guide tells you everything from where to go to see these magnificent mammals and what a tour will cost, to what to watch for and even what to wear. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Whale watching · North America · Guidebooks · Whales · Identification · Corrigan, Patricia, 1948-
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REFERENCE (MAIN) QL737.C4 C66 1999 AVAILABLE

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REFERENCE (MAIN)	QL737.C4 C66 1999	AVAILABLE

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Medievalism In North America

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edited by Kathleen Verduin
Publication Details
Book, D.S. Brewer, 1994
Description
Fifteen essays trace North America’s enthusiastic engagement with the middle ages from the Revolution to Disney. Loomis), politics (JFK), and popular culture (Arthurian youth groups, Disneyland, the Excalibur Casino). (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Medievalism · North America · Arthurian romances · Adaptations · History and criticism · Middle Ages in literature · Civilization · Culture · History · Verduin, Kathleen
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(LOWER LEVEL) E39 .M43 1994 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	E39 .M43 1994	AVAILABLE

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A Field Guide To Mushrooms, North America

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Kent H. McKnight and Vera B. McKnight ; illustrations by Vera B. McKnight
Publication Details
Book, Houghton Mifflin, 1987
Description
Over 700 paintings and drawings reveal subtle field marks that cannot be captured into photographs. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Mushrooms · North America · Identification · Pictorial works · McKnight, Kent H · McKnight, Vera B · National Audubon Society · National Wildlife Federation
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(UPPER LEVEL) QK617 .M424 1987 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	QK617 .M424 1987	AVAILABLE

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An Index Of The Common Fungi Of North America, Synonymy And Common Names

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by Orson K. Miller and David F. Farr
Publication Details
Book, J. Cramer, 1975
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Fungi · North America · Nomenclature · Classification · Indexes · Mushrooms · Miller, Orson K · Farr, David F.
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(UPPER LEVEL) QK604.5 .M54 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	QK604.5 .M54	AVAILABLE

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The Polyporaceae Of The United States, Alaska, And Canada.

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Prepared for publication by Josiah L. Lowe. With a new foreword by Alexander H. Smith
Publication Details
Book, University of Michigan Press, 1967
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Mycètes · Polyporaceae · Fungi · North America · Polyporacées · Overholts, Lee Oras, 1890-1946
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(UPPER LEVEL) QK629.P7 O83 1967 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	QK629.P7 O83 1967	AVAILABLE

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Nihancan’s Feast Of Beaver : Animal Tales Of The North American Indians

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Edward Lavitt and Robert E. McDowell ; illustrations by Bunny Pierce Huffman ; introduction by Linda J. Goodman ; maps by Deborah Reade
Publication Details
Book, Museum of New Mexico Press, 1990
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Indians of North America · Folklore · Juvenile literature · Animals · Tales · North America · Lavitt, Edward · McDowell, Robert E. 1928- · Huffman, Bunny Pierce
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CHILD LIT (LOWER) 398.24 L413n AVAILABLE

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CHILD LIT (LOWER)	398.24 L413n	AVAILABLE

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Paleoamerican Origins : Beyond Clovis

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edited by Robson Bonnichsen … [et al.]
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Book, Center for the Study of the First Americans, 2005
Description
Paleoamerican Origins presents an overview of the peopling of the Americas and how a new law threatens the future of Paleoamerican research. Content sections include Clovis, regional Paleoamerican archaeological sequences and environmental changes, pre-Clovis discoveries, South America, DNA, Paleoamerican skeletal evidence, Paleoamerican site chronology, and use of boats. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Paleo-Indians · North America · Clovis culture · Paleoecology · Pleistocene · Antiquities · Bonnichsen, Robson
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OVERSIZE (UPPER) E77.9 .P35 2005 AVAILABLE

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OVERSIZE (UPPER)	E77.9 .P35 2005	AVAILABLE

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Look To The Mountain : An Ecology Of Indigenous Education

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Gregory Cajete ; introduction by Vine Deloria, Jr
Publication Details
Book, 1st ed, Kivakí Press, 1994
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Indians of North America · Education · Philosophy · Human ecology · North America · Social ecology · Cajete, Gregory, 1952-
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(LOWER LEVEL) E96 .C35 1994 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	E96 .C35 1994	AVAILABLE

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British Atlantic, American Frontier : Spaces Of Power In Early Modern British America

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Stephen J. Hornsby ; with cartography by Michael J. Hermann
Publication Details
Book, University Press of New England, 2005
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- Table of contents
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Reflecting the growing scholarly interest in transnational and comparative approaches to studying the past, British Atlantic, American Frontier offers a geographical perspective on the development of British America in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Agriculture · North America · History · West Indies, British · Amérique du Nord · Histoire · Antilles britanniques · Géographie · Geography · Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 · Great Britain · Colonies · America · Amerique du Nord · ca 1600-1775 (Période coloniale) · Grande-Bretagne · Amérique · Hornsby, Stephen, 1956- · Hermann, Michael
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(LOWER LEVEL) E40.5 .H67 2005 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	E40.5 .H67 2005	AVAILABLE

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Remote Sensing In Archaeology : An Explicitly North American Perspective

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edited by Jay K. Johnson
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Book, University of Alabama Press, 2006
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- Table of contents only
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Archaeology · Remote sensing · North America · Indians of North America · Antiquities · Excavations (Archaeology) · Johnson, Jay K · University of Mississippi. Center for Archaeological Research · John C. Stennis Space Center · University of Mississippi. Geoinformatics Center
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(LOWER LEVEL) CC76.4 .R46 2006 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	CC76.4 .R46 2006	AVAILABLE

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Public Native America : Tribal Self-representations In Casinos, Museums, And Powwows

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Mary Lawlor
Publication Details
Book, Rutgers University Press, 2006
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- Table of contents
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The Native American casino and gaming industry has attracted unprecedented American public attention to life on reservations. Drawing on postcolonial and cultural studies, Lawlor argues that these venues serve as a stage where indigenous communities play out delicate negotiations (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Indians of North America · Public opinion · Psychology · Ethnic identity · Ethnopsychology · North America · Self-perception · Indians in popular culture · Powwows · Museum exhibits · Gambling on Indian reservations · Lawlor, Mary, 1949-
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(LOWER LEVEL) E98.P99 L39 2006 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	E98.P99 L39 2006	AVAILABLE

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Why Have You Come Here? : The Jesuits And The First Evangelization Of Native America

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Nicholas P. Cushner
Publication Details
Book, Oxford University Press, 2006
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- Table of contents
- Publisher description
Description
From the North American encounter with the Indians of Florida in 1565, through Mexico, New France, the Paraguay Reductions, Andean Perus, to contact with Native Americans in Maryland on the eve of the American Revolution, members of the order interacted with both native elites and colonizers. Drawing on the abundant documentation of and scholarship about these encounters, Cushner examines how the Jesuits behaved toward the indigenous population and analyzes the way in which native belief systems were replaced by Christianity. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Jesuits · Missions · North America · History · Cushner, Nicholas P
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(LOWER LEVEL) BV2290 .C87 2006 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	BV2290 .C87 2006	AVAILABLE

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A Great And Noble Scheme : The Tragic Story Of The Expulsion Of The French Acadians From Their American Homeland

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John Mack Faragher
Publication Details
Book, 1st ed, W.W Norton & Co, 2005
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- Table of contents
Description
“Delves deeply and with rueful wisdom into a terrible crime perpetrated by European imperialists and American colonists.”—Thomas Fleming On August 25, 1755, the New York Gazette printed a dispatch from the maritime province of Nova Scotia: “We are now upon a great and noble Scheme of sending the neutral French out of this Province, who have always been our secret Enemies….If we Effect their Expulsion, it will be one of the greatest things that ever the English did in America…” (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Acadians · Migrations · History · Relocation · Expulsion, 1755 · Acadiens, Déportation des, 1755 · Nova Scotia · To 1763 · Emigration and immigration · 18th century · Great Britain · Colonies · America · 17th century · France · 18th century · North America · Historiography · Ethnic relations · To 1784 · Faragher, John Mack, 1945-
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(LOWER LEVEL) F1038 .F37 2005 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	F1038 .F37 2005	AVAILABLE

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The Scratch Of A Pen : 1763 And The Transformation Of North America

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Colin G. Calloway
Publication Details
Book, Oxford University Press, 2006
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- Table of contents only
- Publisher description
Description
In February 1763, Britain, Spain, and France signed the Treaty of Paris, ending the French and Indian War. White settlers, free to pour into the West, clashed as never before with Indian tribes struggling to defend their way of life. Calloway unfurls this panoramic canvas with vibrant narrative skill, peopling his tale with memorable characters such as William Johnson, the Irish baronet who moved between Indian campfires and British barracks; (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Treaty of Paris · (1763) · Traité de Paris · Frontier and pioneer life · North America · Land tenure · History · 18th century · Indians of North America · Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 · Villes frontières · Amérique du Nord · Propriété foncière · Histoire · 18e siècle · Indiens d’Amérique · États-Unis · ca 1600-1775 (Période coloniale) · Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 · Great Britain · Colonies · America · France · Ethnic relations · ca 1600-1775 (Période coloniale) · Grande-Bretagne · Amérique · Relations interethniques · Calloway, Colin G. 1953-
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(LOWER LEVEL) E46 .C35 2006 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	E46 .C35 2006	AVAILABLE

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Album Of North American Birds.

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Illustrated by Clark Bronson
Publication Details
Book, Rand McNally, 1967
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Birds · North America · Dugdale, Vera · Bronson, Clark
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CHILD LIT (LOWER) 598.297 D866a AVAILABLE

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CHILD LIT (LOWER)	598.297 D866a	AVAILABLE

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