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Journeys with Florida's Indians (UPF Young Readers Library)
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by KELLEY G. WEITZEL
Sales Rank: 1175111
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$16.44
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on 6-18-2008.
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Features
Reading level: Ages 9-12
Cover Type: Hard Cover with 256 pages
Published by: University Press of Florida; First edition December 31, 2002
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0813025818
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0813025810
Book Dimensions:
10.2 x 7.3 x 0.8 inches
Weighs: 1.6 pounds
Jerald T. Milanich, Florida Museum of Natural History
"A marvelous account of Floridas Indians for young readers."
Book Description
Journeys with Floridas Indians launches readers in grades 4 through 8 on an adventure into Floridas past. Young readers will meet the Paleoindians and learn about their arrival in the Americas, then join a boy on his first mammoth hunt as he escapes stampedes and the flames of a fire drive. Next, readers move forward in time to meet Spanish explorers, the Timucua, the Calusa, and the Apalachee Indians–first through fact, then through fiction. Theyll attend the first meeting between French explorers and the Timucua and learn how Europeans impacted Floridas Indians.
Alternating factual chapters are filled with maps, historical engravings, and modern illustrations. Fictional chapters are narrated by Tenerife, a fictional Timucua Indian kidnapped by the Spanish as a child, whose tales about Floridas native cultures reflect his own escape and adventures on his journey home.
Weitzels book fills several basic requirements for Floridas young readers and educators. It is a valuable tool for school libraries serving students in state history classes at both upper elementary and middle school levels. It highlights native cultures in northeast, northwest, and south Florida, making it appropriate for public libraries, national parks, and bookstores throughout the state. Although there are multiple books on the Seminoles, this text is the only one for young readers on Floridas many historic and prehistoric cultures. Fiction and fact are combined in an engaging introduction with solid, up-to-date history--in effect, two books in a single economical package.
Combining accessible archaeology and history, compelling fiction, and more than 50 illustrations, Journeys with Floridas Indians will appeal to all young Florida readers and the teachers and librarians who work with them.
Reader Reviews
Written for young readers in grades 4 through 8, Journeys With Florida's Indians by Kelley G. Weitzel (Senior Preserve Naturalist at the Pelotes Island Nature Preserve) is an attention engaging, entertainingly adventurous, informed and informative survey of Florida's antiquarian history and the daily life of the Paleo-Indians who first settled there. A very strongly recommended addition to both school and community library Native American Studies collections for young readers, Journeys With Florida's Indians is enhanced with maps and historical engraving amplifying the lively and accessible text, which blends archaeology and history for a very readable and enjoyable experience.
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