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Susan A. Roberts

Autor(a) de A history of New Mexico

1 Work 15 Membros 2 Críticas

Obras por Susan A. Roberts

A history of New Mexico (1986) 15 exemplares

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I cannot rate this book as I do not know how the kids who are intended to use the book enjoy (or do not enjoy) using this book over other history text books. Nevertheless, I can comment that I think that it gives a better treatment of Native Americans that the text books I grew up with (of course that was in the 1970s and 80s), and I am surprised and impressed to see the mention of two lady Dineh (saddened that they do not use the name Dineh, which I am led to believe is what both the Navajo and Apache prefer to call themselves??) warriors by name, and the admission that despite surrendering, all of the group under Geronimo's leadership was sent to prison in Florida! And the tone of the paragraphs describing this is sympathetic to his band. Better than in my day. Much better.… (mais)
 
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FourFreedoms | 1 outra crítica | May 17, 2019 |
I cannot rate this book as I do not know how the kids who are intended to use the book enjoy (or do not enjoy) using this book over other history text books. Nevertheless, I can comment that I think that it gives a better treatment of Native Americans that the text books I grew up with (of course that was in the 1970s and 80s), and I am surprised and impressed to see the mention of two lady Dineh (saddened that they do not use the name Dineh, which I am led to believe is what both the Navajo and Apache prefer to call themselves??) warriors by name, and the admission that despite surrendering, all of the group under Geronimo's leadership was sent to prison in Florida! And the tone of the paragraphs describing this is sympathetic to his band. Better than in my day. Much better.… (mais)
 
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ShiraDest | 1 outra crítica | Mar 6, 2019 |

Estatísticas

Obras
1
Membros
15
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#708,120
Avaliação
½ 2.5
Críticas
2
ISBN
4