{"product_id":"the-ohlone-way-indian-life-in-the-san-francisco-monterey-bay-area","title":"The Ohlone Way: Indian Life in the San Francisco-Monterey Bay Area","description":"\u003cp\u003eHeyday, 2014. Trade pb. VG. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA look at what Native American life was like in the Bay Area before the arrival of Europeans.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwo hundred years ago, herds of elk and antelope dotted the hills of the San Francisco–Monterey Bay area. Grizzly bears lumbered down to the creeks to fish for silver salmon and steelhead trout. From vast marshlands geese, ducks, and other birds rose in thick clouds \"with a sound like that of a hurricane.\" This land of \"inexpressible fertility,\" as one early explorer described it, supported one of the densest Indian populations in all of North America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the most ground-breaking and highly-acclaimed titles that Heyday has published, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Ohlone Way\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e describes the culture of the Indian people who inhabited Bay Area prior to the arrival of Europeans. Recently included in the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e's Top 100 Western Non-Fiction list, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Ohlone Way\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e has been described by critic Pat Holt as a \"mini-classic.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePraise for\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Ohlone Way\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[Margolin] has written thoroughly and sensitively of the Pre-Mission Indians in a North American land of plenty. Excellent, well-written.\" —\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAmerican Anthropologist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"One of three books that brought me the most joy over the past year.\" —\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAlice Walker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Margolin conveys the texture of daily life, birth, marriage, death, war, the arts, and rituals, and he also discusses the brief history of the Ohlones under the Spanish, Mexican, and American regimes . . . Margolin does not give way to romanticism or political harangues, and the illustrations have a gritty quality that is preferable to the dreamy, pretty pictures that too often accompany texts like this.\" —\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eChoice\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Remarkable insight in to the lives of the Ohlone Indians.\" —\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Desierto Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46679289757862,"sku":null,"price":12.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0659\/3465\/5654\/files\/ohlone.webp?v=1758308183","url":"https:\/\/249f2c-1b.myshopify.com\/products\/the-ohlone-way-indian-life-in-the-san-francisco-monterey-bay-area","provider":"DESIERTO BOOKS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}