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THE VINLAND MAP AND THE TARTAR RELATION, by Thomas E. Marston, R. A. Skelton, George D. Painter. The circumstances surrounding the recent discovery of the only known pre-Columbus map of the New World and the painstaking research to authenticate the faded document are chronicled in a scholarly and expensive ($15) volume. But the reproduction of the 1440 map alone is worth the price.
THE SILENT SKY, by Allan W. Eckert. The author, who earlier wrote The Great Auk, laments the fate of the passenger pigeon, whose species numbered in the millions before man trapped, bludgeoned and shot the bird into extinction.
ALICE'S ADVENTURES UNDER GROUND, by the Rev. C. L. Dodgson. Alice makes her first trip down the rabbit hole in this delightful original version of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, reproducing the handwriting and original lacy sketches by Dodgson, better known as Lewis Carroll.
THE AMERICANS: THE NATIONAL EXPERIENCE, by Daniel J. Boorstin. In booming pre-Civil War America, ingenuity, speed, and a belief in the future gave the settlers their grip on the vast land. Historian Boorstin brings the period to life in a masterful blend of statistics and steamboat races.
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