George Bird Grinnell: 51 books

4 works of George Bird Grinnell American anthropologist, historian, naturalist, and writer (1849-1938) This ebook presents a collection of 4 works of George Bird Grinnell. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selected. Table of Contents: Blackfeet Indian Stories Blackfoot Lodge Tales Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk-Tales When Buffalo Ran

JACK, THE YOUNG MAN: THE ACTION-ADVENTURE SERIES The seven-volume set from George Bird Grinnell stands as one of the premier collections of life on the western ranch, in the western and northwestern mountains, and among a number of Native American tribes in the northwest U.S. and Canada. Long...

A new addition to a popular series, this one about the "cow country," which is now rapidly passing away. Jack learns all about the duties on a ranch in a most entertaining manner. Mr. Grinnell is intimate with the wild life he depicts, and the photographs really illustrate George...

In his first "Jack" book, "Jack the Young Ranchman," the subject was similar to this second one: the Western plains and mountains. "Jack the Young Ranchman" was the outcome of the delight which certain young men and women found in the stories told them of the West of...

"THE WOLF HUNTERS" is a plausible and adventurous story of three discharged soldiers who, in the early days, rigged out an outfit and pushed onto the buffalo plains to take pelts for the market. Except for the phenomenal shooting of Wild Bill Hickok, which very few people who know something...

"They were men of firm courage and stern resolution, those trappers of the early days," and Jack Danvers who spends a summer in the Colorado park region, is taught some of the secrets of that now forgotten life by one who had borne a part in the work of subduing the wild West. He learns...

Adventures in the Northwest, including a canoe trip along the coast of British Columbia, a hunt in the mountains, and a trip up the Fraser river in the time of the salmon fishing. George Bird Grinnell (September 20, 1849 – April 11, 1938) was an American anthropologist, historian, naturalist,...

In northern Montana among the Blackfoot Indians, Jack sees a medicine pipe ceremony, learns of old time hunting ways, and explores the unknown mountain region above the head-waters of St Mary's river and Swift current. "To me these books are like a light at night to any creature. They...

This collection of powerful stories reveals the complex and wondrous world of the Blackfoot nation in the nineteenth century. The thirty tales transcribed by George Bird Grinnell provide an intimate look into Blackfoot culture and philosophy and remind us of tribal values to be upheld and taught....

Jack in the Rockies follows Jack Danvers and his guide, philosopher, and friend, Hugh Johnson, the old frontiersman from Bismarck, Dakota, where they board the up-river steamboat for Fort Bruton. They take a pack-train from the famous old fort, the lore of the hunter and the pioneer vividly revealed...

Few Americans realize how many Native Americans served as scouts and guides for the U.S. Army during the Indian wars of the late 19th century. This is the true story of one battallion of Pawnees organized and led by the famous scouts, the North brothers. A scout's life was hard and often short but...

This beautiful book takes George Bird Grinnell’s classic work on the Cheyenne Indians and trims it into 240 fully-illustrated pages of his most essential writings. Grinnell was the long-time editor of Field & Stream magazine and helped to establish both the Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks. During...

The Cheyenne Indians: Their History and Their Ways of Life is a classic ethnography, originally published in 1928, that grew out of George Bird Grinnell's long acquaintance with the Cheyennes. Volume I looks at the tribe's early history and migrations, customs, domestic life, social organization,...

The stories here told come down to us from very ancient times. Grandfathers have told them to their grandchildren, and these again to their grandchildren, and so from mouth to mouth, through many generations, they have reached our time. So enjoy fascinating Native American stories and Blackfeet legends,...