Author: MATTHAEI, GAY & JEWEL GRUTMAN
Title: The Sketchbook of Thomas Blue Eagle
Description: San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 2001. Hardcover. ISBN: 0811829081. Illustrated by Adam Cvijanovic. Hardcover is illustrated boards with a black cloth spine. Endpapers are absolutely gorgeous red/brown tones of marbling. Pages are clean and tight; this is a NEW book. Multiple copies available. Lavishly illustrated throughout with all color drawings; some small and many full page. Pages not numbered, approximately 32 pages. "My story begins in 1885 when I was eighteen winters. I am Blue Eagle of the Lakota tribe and this is my sketchbook. It tells of my journey to the far away lands across the big water....In eloquent prose....this fictional sketchbook details Thomas Blue Eagle's remarkable travels...with Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Shows...Complete with an informative afterword by Arthur Amiotte, a Sioux Elder and noted historian...is a compelling portrait of Native American history". Really great book for anyone, especially a child. ; Color Illustrations; 11 X 7 1/2; Unpaginated pages; Cover has minor rubbing/scuffing, light shelf wear.. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued .

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