The World Around Us
#2 - The Illustrated Story of Indians
(October 1958)
Gilberton,
1958 Series
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 84
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1958-10-15
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Gilberton World-Wide Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
A Classics Illustrated Publication
- Editing
- Roberta Strauss
Issue Notes
Index provided by Saltarella (error 8360). Printed in the U.S.A. On-sale date from 1958 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
The Illustrated Story of Indians
cover / 1 page
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Indians [Native Americans]
- Reprints
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in The World Around Us (Jack Lake Productions Inc., 2011 series) #W2 ([October] 2012) [cover]
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"The first people to live in America were the Indians."
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; history; western-frontier
Buffalo Hunt
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Chief Sharp Knife; Small Eagle
- Synopsis
- On his first buffalo hunt, Small Eagle saves the day and proves his manhood, and is renamed Buffalo Slayer.
The White Buffalo
text story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- John Forte (illustration) (signed)
- Inks
- John Forte ? (illustration)
- Colors
- ? (illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Man; woman; son; Fox people; Sioux warriors; white buffalo
- Synopsis
- Blessed by the white buffalo, a child grows strong and aids his people. In manhood he transforms himself into the white buffalo in order to save them from their enemies.
- Keywords
- American Indians; bison; Fox Indians; Native Americans; Sioux; white buffalo
Play the Chunkey Game
activity / 2 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Synopsis
- How to play chunkey (achkapi).
- Keywords
- American Indians; Choctaw; game; Native Americans
The Woodsmen of the Eastern Forests
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; history; western-frontier
- Characters
- Algonquins; Iroquois
- Synopsis
- Introduction to life in the northeastern woodlands.
- Keywords
- American Indians; Haudenosaunee; Iroquois; Native Americans
The Hunters of the Plains
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; history; western-frontier
- Characters
- Plains Indians
- Synopsis
- Introduction to life on the northern plains
- Keywords
- American Indians; bison; buffalo; Native Americans
The Northern Fishermen
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; history; western-frontier
- Characters
- Kwakiutles
- Synopsis
- Introduction to life on the Pacific northwest coast
- Keywords
- American Indians; Great Northwest; Kwakiutles; Native American; potlatch; totem poles
The California Seed Gatherers
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; history; western-frontier
- Characters
- California Indians
- Synopsis
- Introduction to life in pre-contact California
- Keywords
- American Indians; California; Native Americans
The Southwest Tribes
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; history; western-frontier
- Characters
- Pueblos; Navajos
- Synopsis
- Introduction to life in the desert southwest
- Keywords
- American Indians; American southwest; Arizona; desert; Native Americans; Navajo; New Mexico; Pueblo
Chief Joseph
comic story / 26 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; history; western-frontier
- Characters
- Meriwether Lewis; William Clark; Reverend Henry Spalding; Chief Joseph the Elder; Young Joseph [Chief Joseph]; Indian Agent John Montieth; President Ulysses S. Grant; General Oliver O. Howard; Colonel Nelson A. Miles; Looking Glass
- Synopsis
- For decades the Nez Perce work to accommodate the whites and learn from them. But continuous attacks, and the constant theft of land, finally provoke the Nez Perce to fight their way toward Canada. Despite many successes over four months and 1500 miles they are finally captured, and separated from their homeland.
- Keywords
- American Indians; cavalry; educational; fact; gold rush; Native Americans; Nez Perce; Washington
Test of Friendship
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; history; western-frontier
- Characters
- Judge White; Chief Han Yerry; Betsy
- Synopsis
- When Judge White moves into Oneida country, Chief Yerry tests the judge's intentions by asking to take the Whites' little girl into his own town for the night. When the judge acquiesces, and Betsy is returned safely on the morrow, it opens up trust between the groups.
- Keywords
- American Indians; educational; fact; Haudenosaunee; Indian captive; Iroquois; Native Americans; New York
Sequoya
comic story / 13 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- George Guess; Sequoya; A-You-Ku; Chief George Lowrey
- Synopsis
- From an early age, Sequoya is fascinated by writing. Disdained by most of his people but strongly supported by his daughter, he develops a Cherokee writing system that is quickly embraced, and endures to this day.
- Keywords
- American Indians; Cherokee; educational; fact; literacy; Native Americans
Sign Talk
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; western-frontier
- Keywords
- American Indians; educational; fact; Native Americans
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Illustrated Story of Indians
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1.
["Special Introductory Offer"]
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2.
"The first people to live in America were the Indians."
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3.
Buffalo Hunt
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4.
The White Buffalo
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5.
Play the Chunkey Game
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6.
First in America
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7.
The Woodsmen of the Eastern Forests
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8.
The Hunters of the Plains
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9.
The Northern Fishermen
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10.
The California Seed Gatherers
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11.
The Southwest Tribes
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12.
Chief Joseph
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13.
Test of Friendship
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14.
Make an Indian Bonnet
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15.
Sequoya
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16.
Alphabet in Cherokee
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17.
Sign Talk
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18.
First Among the Indians
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19.
["The wonderful world of fairy tales"]
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20.
["Read the best in the world's finest juvenile publication"]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Bruno Andreacchi
- Steve Coates
- Merlin Haas
- Kirk House
- Per Sandell
- Jim Stangas
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