Shell Game: A True Account of Beads and Money in North America
by Jerry Martien Foreward Gary Snyder
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- Fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1562790803
- ISBN 13
- 9781562790806
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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Collectible Fine First American Edition Paperback. 8vo.. Brilliant study of native First Nation economy mixed with money deveolment . Wampum and Beads by Jerry Martin Foreword by the great American poet. Gary Snyder. How Wampum shell went from a symbol of diplomacy to a currency. See our Three Geese in Flight Book Scans Cover and First Edition.
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- Bookseller
- Three Geese In Flight Celtic Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009062
- Title
- Shell Game: A True Account of Beads and Money in North America
- Author
- Jerry Martien Foreward Gary Snyder
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1562790803
- ISBN 13
- 9781562790806
- Publisher
- Mercury House
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1996-03
- Pages
- 240
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- tompkins square park diggers beats levelers glass beads ceramic beads first nations wampum diplomacy longhouse six nations league mohawk oneida cayuga seneca onondaga tuscarora dutch wampum new amsterdam esopus dutch new york new netherland zen poet gary
- Bookseller catalogs
- Woodland Native American/Southeastern Native American; North American Folklore and Supernatural; Dutch and Colonial New York / New England / Virginia / French Quebec;
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