Indian Uses of Desert Plants
by James W. Cornett
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0937794457
- ISBN 13
- 9780937794456
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
£9.60£6.72
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About This Item
Palm Springs, CA: Nature Trails Press, 2011 Nature Trails Press, Palm Springs, CA. 2011. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Stated 3rd Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; slight shelfwear to tips and corners. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 80 pp 8vo. The deserts of the Southwest US contain a multitude of plant species that have sustained human life for thousands of years. Plants provided most food resources as well as raw materials for medicines, tools, shelter, and ceremonial objects. The knowledge held by SW Indian tribes regarding their botanical environment was vast and mostly due to the contribution of the women in the tribes. This book contains information on 22 plants and their related species that were of special significance to desert Indian tribes prior to their contacts with Europeans. A clean very presentable copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015928
- Title
- Indian Uses of Desert Plants
- Author
- James W. Cornett
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0937794457
- ISBN 13
- 9780937794456
- Publisher
- Nature Trails Press
- Place of Publication
- Palm Springs, CA
- Date Published
- 2011
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- medications, natural medications, Native American medications, herbal plants and Indians, Desert plants, alternative medications, American Indian uses of plants, Indigenous medical treatments, Indian Medicine man
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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