Rockport Public Library

The Long Walk, the story of Navajo captivity, by Raymond Bial

Label
The Long Walk, the story of Navajo captivity, by Raymond Bial
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Illustrations
mapsillustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The Long Walk
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
48383363
Responsibility statement
by Raymond Bial
Series statement
Great journeys
Sub title
the story of Navajo captivity
Summary
Presents an overview of the history of the Navajo Indians, with a detailed account of how the United States Government, represented by Kit Carson, forced them on a 300-mile walk from their homeland in the Southwest to a prison camp at Bosque Redondo, New Mexico, in 1864, and their eventual return home after the United States-Navajo Treaty of 1868
Table Of Contents
People's journey -- Sacred land -- Navajo home -- Shadows over the land -- Scorched earth -- At Bosque Redondo -- Long journey home -- Navajo today
Target audience
pre adolescent