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Zitkala-Ša (Gertrude Bonnin) was one of the early Indian writers to record tribal legends and tales from oral tradition.Impressions of an Indian Childhooddescribes her first eight yeas on the Yankton Reservation, where she was born in 1876. Her schooling in Indiana revealed a gift for writing that led in 1901 to the publication ofOld Indian Legends, also a Bison Book. For the rest of her rife, this Sioux was in the poignant but creative position of trying to bridge the gap between her own culture and the dominant white one, unable to return fully to the former or to enter fully into the latter. These pieces, largely autobiographical, were first collected and published in 1921. With their reissue, Zitkala-Ša takes her rightful place among such native interpreters of Sioux culture as Charles A. Eastman and Luther Standing Bear .

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LBJ designed key Great Society legislation on civil rights, Medicare, and Medicaid, and increased America's involvement in the Vietnam War. This biography follows Johnson from his childhood in the Texas Hill Country to his career on Capitol Hill, and explores the dramatic and controversial events that occured during his vice presidency and presidency, from the assassinations of President Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr., to the Voting Rights Act and the Tet Offensive. Excerpted from Lyndon B. Johnson by Tony Kaye All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.

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Gr 5-10 This biography presents an accurate and well-rounded portrait of the 36th President of the U.S. It is pro fusely illustrated with black-and-white newspaper photographs and quotes in the margins that illuminate the text. For a more detailed and in-depth picture of Johnson, choose Hanes Johnson's Lyn don (Praeger, 1973) or Merle Miller's Lyndon: an Oral Biography (Ballan tine, 1981), which is often quoted in this one. Gayle W. Berge, Creswell High School, Oreg. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.