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SCIENCE

Vogel, Carole Garbuny

Legends of Landforms: Native American Lore and the Geology of the Land

96 pp. | Lerner/Millbrook | September, 1999 | Library ISBN 0-7613-0272-7 $$27.90

(3) 4-6 The origins of fourteen prominent American landforms, including the Grand Canyon, the Black Hills, and Niagara Falls, are related first through Native American legends and then using scientific explanations. The two versions are physically and stylistically distinct, although the legends prove to be more engaging than the drier factual recitations. Hand-tinted photo illustrations look like antique picture postcards. Ind.

Reviewer: Danielle J. Ford