Roberts Rinehart imprint: 75 books
Death in Yellowstone
Accidents and Foolhardiness in the First National Park
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014
The chilling tome that launched an entire genre of books about the often gruesome but always tragic ways people have died in our national parks, this updated edition of the classic includes calamities in Yellowstone from the past sixteen years, including the infamous grizzly bear attacks in the summer...
by Helen Brennan
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2001
From early accounts of dance customs in medieval Ireland to the present, Helen Brennan offers an authoritative look at the evolution of Irish dance. Every type of dance from social to traditional to clergy is included. Brennan takes care to explain the different styles and traditions that evolved...
Curves on the Highway
A Self-Help Guide for Female Automobile Travelers
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2002
For the woman who has always had the urge to embark on a lengthy cross-country journey by herself, Curves on the Highway is both an inspirational guide and a practical how-to book. Gerry Davis offers advice for women travelers on everything from how to deal with auto mechanics to pointers on packing...
Eyewitness to the Old West
Firsthand Accounts of Exploration, Adventure, and Peril
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2004
A collection of over 150 vignettes from the journals and diaries of people who lived or traveled in the Old West, these accounts begin with the sixteenth-century collisions between the Spaniards and the Indians and conclude with Black Elk's mournful description of the Battle of Wounded Knee in 1890....
The Very First Thanksgiving
Pioneers on the Rio Grande
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 1991
Twenty-three years before the Mayflower arrived in New England, a thanksgiving feast was held near present-day El Paso by the members of the Onate expedition.
Ages 7-12
Chin Music
A Novel of the Jazz Age
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2001
New York City in 1922 saw showpeople like Fanny Brice and Harry Houdini rubbing shoulders with confidence men and bootleggers like Arnold Rothstein, the gambler reputed to have fixed the 1919 World Series. Henrietta Fine, a precocious sixteen-year-old apprentice locksmith, weaves in and out of this...
Giving Voice to Bear
North American Indian Myths, Rituals, and Images of the Bear
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2003
In this new edition of a classic, David Rockwell describes the captivating and awe-inspiring presence of the bear in Native American rituals. The bear played a central role in shamanic rights, initiation, healing and hunting ceremonies, and new year celebrations. Considered together, these traditions...
North, South, East, West
American Indians and the Natural World
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 1998
Vibrant photographs and moving quotes give tangible expression to a rich heritage of Native American beliefs and customs, and demonstrate how Native groups maintain viable cultures within mondern-day America.
The Mayflower People
Triumphs & Tragedies
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 1995
A riveting day-by-day account of the Mayflower crossing based on actual journals, public records, and letters.
Ages 10-14
The Twilight Lords
Elizabeth I and the First Irish Holocaust
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2002
A gripping chronicle of the ferocious twenty-year struggle between the English monarch and the feudal lords of Ireland, The Twilight Lords describes the first authentic colonial venture in English history, a venture that held captive a whole generation of the best that Ireland and England could muster....
Discover Life Through the Ages
A Carnegie Activity Book
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 1995
An engrossing mix of games, brainteasers, and stories makes learning the basics of natural science and history fun.
Ages 8-12
by Darwin Lambert
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1989
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1989
A history of this national park written in conjunction with its 50th anniversary.
The Fossil Factory
A Kid's Guide to Digging Up Dinosaurs, Exploring Evolution, and Finding Fossils
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2002
A fun and fact-filled activity book about discovering and collecting, about the history of the Earth, and the record of life we find on its surface, children will revel in this guide to over 50 sites where they can find something Paleozoic. Also included are a dozen amazing science activities and a complete guide to fossil hunting.
Ages 5-8
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Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2003
This first paperback edition of a Choice Magazine Outstanding Academic Book is a comprehensive, illustrated compilation of essays by some of the world's foremost authorities on horses. Horses through Time examines in laymen's terms the development of the lineage of horses through the paleontological...