An Indian Winter
by Russell Freedman
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Relates the experiences of a German prince, his servant, and a young Swiss artist as they traveled through the Missouri River Valley in 1833 learning about the territory and its inhabitants and recording their impressions in words and pictures.Tags
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"An Indian Winter" was such a surprise; it is Lewis and Clark part two, by a German prince in the 1830s! He wanted to see the west, and got permission from William Clark who was then the Superintendent of Indian Affairs. Maximilian and his two travel partners documented the culture, flora and fauna of the upper Missouri about 30 years after Lewis and Clark. The book is artfully done. The short chapters are great for an upper elementary or middle school student. The pictures/sketches done by Karl Bodmer, one of Maximilian's travel mates add to the text. He was an accomplished artist and painted great landscapes as well as beautiful portraits of the natives in this area. Not a page goes by without a sketch or painting. Between the show more illustrations that have fortunately not been lost and the text, this book would be a great classroom resource in studying the native peoples of this region or just a great non-fiction piece for that child who is a non-fiction junkie! show less
This book is a true story about the journey of Prince Maximillian through the different trubes of the northern plains. This book would be a great resource to use while teaching about different cultures. It would also be a great resource to use while teaching about Native Americans. This book would be useful for fluent readers, it is rather long and is seperated by chapters. The book uses bigger vocabulary worss as well.
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Russell Freedman was born in San Francisco, California on October 11, 1929. He received a bachelor's degree in English from the University of California, Berkeley in 1951. After college, he served in the U.S. Counter Intelligence Corps during the Korean War. After his military service, he became a reporter and editor with the Associated Press. In show more 1956, he took a position at the advertising agency J. Walter Thompson in New York, where he did publicity writing for television. In 1965, he became a full-time writer. His first book, Teenagers Who Made History, was published in 1961. He went on to publish more than 60 nonfiction titles for young readers including Immigrant Kids, Cowboys of the Old West, Indian Chiefs, Martha Graham: A Dancer's Life, Confucius: The Golden Rule, Because They Marched: The People's Campaign for Voting Rights That Changed America, Vietnam: A History of the War, and The Sinking of the Vasa. He received the Newbery Medal for Lincoln: A Photobiography and three Newbery Honors for Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery, The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane, and The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights. He also received the Regina Medal, the May Hill Arbuthnot Lecture Award, the Orbis Pictus Award, the Sibert Medal, a Sibert Honor, the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal, and the National Humanities Medal. He died on March 16, 2018 at the age of 88. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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