This tour guide to 110 totem poles, from southern British Columbia to Alaska, gives each pole's location, carvers, cultural style, scale drawing, and background information. The book is prefaced by maps, discussion of the significance of poles an d their figures or crests, and an historical overview of pole carving. This is an interesting, highly visual manual. Black and white photos. List of poles by location.
Techniques described include photokinesis and puppet, clay and computer animation.
Poor binding would require staple reinforcement. Collier, James Lincoln. An excellent biography of jazz artist Louis Armstrong by a Newbery Honour winner and jazz aficionado. This is an exploration of Armstrong's childhood poverty in New Orleans and resultant lack of musical training, gradual rise to fame and poor management resulting in lost opportunities. Through Armstrong's story, the author presents a history of the growth of jazz as a popular music genre.