The  trail book
By: by Mary Austin ; with illustrations by Milo Winter.
Contributors: Winter, Milo, 1888-1956, ill.; Houghton Mifflin Company.; Riverside Press.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Published: 1918
Place of publication: Boston; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
Subjects: American Museum of Natural History -- Fiction.; Indians of North America -- Fiction.; Nature stories, American.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: In the New York Museum of Natural History, two children discover displays that come to life and admit them into a series of exciting adventures that include talking animals and magical travels through the vast landscapes of the pre-Columbian continent. Along the way, the children discover the lifeways of the ancient Native Americans and the natural worlds they inhabited, as well as the impact on both Indians and wildlife from contact with European explorers and Euro-Americans.
Notes: "Books by Mary Austin": p. [2] of preliminary p.
Verso of t.p.: Published October 1918.
Colored frontispiece and colored plates facing p. 62, 102 and 192. Black and white illustrations on p. 1, 7, 15, 32, 50, 70, [95], 96, 124, 144, 146, 166, 186, 206, 225, 243 and 267.
Includes: Glossary of Indian and Spanish names on p. [285]-[305].