Folk Songs of the Great Lakes chant Marine. The book is a real gem and o ne that will help much in rounding out the full story of the American Merchant Marine in World War II and beyond. FRANK 0. B RA YNARD Mr. Braynard is co-chair of the NMHS Advisory Committee and Curator of the American Merchant Marine Museum at Kings Point, New York. The Smithsonian Book of North American Indians: Before the Coming of the Europeans, by Philip Kopper and the Editors of Smithsonian Books (Smithsonian Books, Washington DC, 1986, 288p, illus, index, $29.97 hb) After Columbus: The Smithsonian Chronicle of the North American [ndians , by Herman J. Viola (Smithsoni an Books, Washington DC, 1990, 288p, illus, index , $34.95hb) Recog ni z in g th e sig ni ficance to American Indian s of the Columbus Quincentenary next year, the Sm ithsonian has published two large, lavishly produced books on the Native Americans, presenting their history before and after Columbus's voyages . One mu st recognize the timeliness of this effort which, if successfu l, will cap itali ze on a rare moment when the thoughts of all Americans, in some capacity or another, will be with their nation 's heri tage. Undoubtedly the American Indi an ho ld s an important place on next year's stage. One mu st also, therefore , recognize the formidable and noble task whic h the Smithsonian undertook-that of presenting a full picture of the Native Americans' 12-40 ,000 years of ex istence in the Americas in just two volumes. Before the Coming of the Europeans is well illustrated with large, beautiful landscape photographs, paintings, and a myriad of artifacts from countless prehi storic civili zation s. The text, however, is disappointing in both content and fonn . Its breakdown into three sections, "The Peopl e," "Land and Culture," and "The Coming of the Europeans" seems to promi se that some sembl ance of structured thought might emerge from the pages. This proves untrue all too soon, as the first90-page section stumbles through a variety of topics boiling down to some sententious philosophizing and seemingly ra ndo m, ill-developed facts about the methods of modern archaeology. The second section, the main body of the text, appears to be more sensibly written , with each chapter devoted to a SEA HISTORY 58, SUMMER 1991
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