Books with title Life Among the Maya

John C. Cremony's first encounter with the Indians of the Southwest occurred in the early 1850s, when he accompanied John R. Bartlett’s boundary commission surveying the United States-Mexican border. Some ten years later, as an officer of the California Volunteers, he renewed his acquaintance, particularly with the Apaches, whom he came to know as few white Americans before him had. Cremony's account of his experiences, published in 1868, quickly became, and remains today, a basic source on Apache beliefs, tribal life, and fighting tactics. Although its original purpose was to induce more effective military suppression of the Apaches, it has all the fast-paced action and excitement of a novel and the authenticity of an ethnographic and historical document.

The ancient Maya civilization had a complex social structure, set of religious beliefs, and writing system. These are just some of the fun facts readers discover as they learn what it would be like to live among the Maya. Readers enhance their knowledge of common social studies curriculum topics as they explore topics such as Mayan art, social classes, and farming methods. These topics are presented through detailed main text, as well as additional fact boxes. Vibrant photographs, maps, and historical images help readers see for themselves what Mayan life was like.

John C. Cremony was the first white man to become fluent in the Apache language.This gave him unrivalled access and understanding of the Apache culture and society.Cremony had first entered the world of the Old West in 1846 when he left Massachusetts to serve in the Mexican-American War as a Spanish-language interpreter, rising to the rank of lieutenant.After a brief hiatus away from the West he returned in 1849 to serve as interpreter for the U.S. Boundary Commission which was at that time creating the border between Mexico and the United States.It was during this time that Cremony developed relationships with some Apache tribespeople, including two chiefs, Mangas Colorados and Cochise.Although it was often peaceful between the United States and the Apaches, relations sometimes broke down and Cremony records a number of incidents when violence erupted.Cremony’s Life Among the Apaches is a fascinating book that takes the reader into the heart of the old west when American troops and settlers, Apache Native Americans and Mexicans, fought, survived and co-operated in these wild lands."Like most frontiersmen of the mid-nineteenth century, John C. Cremony looked on Indians as unredeemable savages. But he knew Apaches first hand and was a keen and highly literate observer. For all its ethnocentrism, his narrative remains unsurpassed for accuracy and vivid detail among contemporary views of the Apaches. In the literature of the American West Life among the Apaches endures as a classic." — Robert M. UtleyJohn C. Cremony was an American soldier who wrote the first dictionary of the Apache language and later became a newspaperman in San Francisco. Cremony authored Life Among the Apaches, published in 1869, in which he described his experiences with the tribe. He passed away in 1879.

Published by Time-Life from 1980-1984 in leather binding. The Classics of the Old West series is one of the most remarkable undertakings of Time-Life Publications. Each title and author was especially selected to represent the stories of or works about the Old West as written by those who actually lived it. Each volume is a reprint of an original Old West book including illustrations, plates, and even errors. Each book measures about 8 ½ by 6 inches, and together, cover almost 4 linear feet of shelf space. Time-Life issued these hardcover books with genuine leather binding

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