Last Lobo, The

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This has a good story line!.......2007-05-25

I am very concerned about saving wild animals so this book was very enjoyable to read. Roland Smith does a good job with stories of putting the reader there sensing what is happening at the moment that is what makes the stories interesting. Jean Schweer

An Adventure in Arizona.......2006-10-12

The Last Lobo by Roland Smith is a cross between adventure (from the boy's perspective) and survival (from the lobo's). Here are the top three reasons why you should read this book. First, it has a good description of the terrain and people. In other words, it was easy for me to picture what I read in my head. Second, it has a fast pace and never lingers on one subject for very long. The author throws in twists when you are not expecting them. Third, the book ties together wolves, endangered species, Native American culture, Arizona and New Mexico. I can think of a lot of other reasons for you to read this book, but I would be 100 before I could list all of them, so I am not going to do that.

*Breaking News* ---Lobo falls in plot hole---.......2005-11-28

The Last Lobo is an interesting animal book about saving an endangered lobo, which is killing off cattle and livestock. The main character, Jacob, is taking a trip to visit his grandfather, who himself is on a visit to his Hopi homeland. On the plane, he meets a person named Buckley, who is interested in Indian carvings. He learns about the animal that is eating the livestock, and tries to find it.
The story is good and worth reading, but there are some plot holes. The disrupted narrative, however, is well hidden, and you won't mind at all. A good book for animal lovers, and for book reports (you can skim it and not miss much), but a character that only appears once was not properly introduced, and got me a little confused. You should read the prequels first, then this.

The Last Lobo Book Review.......2005-10-27

The Last Lobo is about a kid named Jacob Lansa. Jacob has come back from Brazil and his grandfather, Tawapu, but also called Taw.He was supposed to be at a retirement home, had left to Arizona where he had came from. Jacob flies out to Arizona to be with him. He meets a person named Buckley, who sits next to him on the plane. Buckley and Jacob find Taw at the canyon. Jacob sees a newspaper that says they are reintroducing the Mexican wolf, called lobos. The ranchers are getting their livestock killed and are planning on killing the wolf when they see it, even if they have to go to jail. Jacob finds Taw in the canyon. Jacob meets some of his cousins, Marie and Hannah. They also meet Marie's ex-husband Earl. Earl was in jail for manslaughter and they let him out early. Earl threatened Jacob if Jacob didn't stay away from Marie or Hannah. Jacob goes and meets with Uncle John, who was one of Taw's friends from when he lived on the reservation. Jacob tries to capture the wolf with help from Uncle John. The wolf is very smart and digs up some of the traps. Earl is also trying to shoot the wolf, but he wants to kill it. Jacob decides to try to hit the lobo with a tranquilizer dart from a stand near where Uncle John says he thinks the lobo's hideout is. Sure enough, the lobo comes and Jacob hits it with a tranquilizer dart but Earl is also there. Marie tackles him and breaks his leg. The group finds the lobo and also the lobo's den with 4 pups in it. They return the lobos to safety.

I loved this book. I have read both Thunder Cave and Jaguar before and this one was just as good. I thought it was strange how Buckley Johnson just happened to meet Jacob on the plane and ended up becoming good friends with everyone and was in the story up to the end. Buckley Johnson was also the name of a person in Sasquatch who was enigmatic in that story also. Some of my favorite parts are when Jacob meets Earl for the first time. It is exciting and it looks like there would be a fight, then it got broken up by the meeting starting. I didn't understand why Earl didn't shoot Jacob if he was going to shoot his horse because he had already killed someone before. I didn't like how they didn't bring all of the wolves to the government. It would have helped the wolf relocation efforts quite a bit. I liked how the wolf was so smart. It knew how to avoid traps, keep people off its tracks, and not to revisit a kill. Some of the characters I liked were Jacob, because he was the normal person and was very likable. I liked how he could stalk animals without them noticing him. Another character I liked was Taw because he was the one who came back to Arizona in the first place. He also helped his old friend John out by helping him be able to move his left side again. The only character I didn't like was Earl. There wasn't anything he did that was nice. He spent the entire time trying to hurt Jacob, Marie, or the lobo. This was an extremely good book and is one of my favorite books of all.

the saga continues.......2003-10-07

Roland Smith writes about Jake Lansa in a 3 book set - Thunder Cave, Jaguar, and The Last Lobo. I have not yet read the first, but it is next on my list. Smith weaves suspense, intrigue, and cultures in his novel. Thunder Cave takes place in Africa, Jaguar in the Amazon, and Lobo in the American southwest. Readers will be so involved, you won't know your learning about cultures too, Reading out of order isn't a problem, but I wish I had read them in order, Great none the less.

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Interesting, but not accurate
I Thought It Was All Gone
Humbled beyond words by the shared insights. Nani Linder Author University Of Life A Cross Cultural Approach to Leadership
It's the journey...
Excellent read

The Book of the Hopi
Frank Waters
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Interesting, but not accurate.......2007-08-07

The primary informant on Hopi beliefs consulted by Frank Waters was Oswald "White Bear" Fredericks. Oswald was married to a white woman, had been converted to Christianity, and was not a fully initiated Hopi Indian. Thus, as one might expect, many of the traditions reported in this book are inaccurate. See: McLeod, Roxie. Dreams and rumors: a history of "Book of the Hopi". Thesis (M.A.)--Univ. of Colorado, 1994. Pp. 330. MLA. For a more accurate version of Hopi beliefs, try "The Fourth World of the Hopis" by Harold Courlander.

I Thought It Was All Gone.......2005-08-31

This book is truly a unique text, in that it relates to the reader the more esoteric religious oral traditions of a culture that is quickly vanishing. In fact, I was amazed at the length to which the Hopis views were restored for this book. Admittedly, some parts of the book seem to become lost in detail (in the more literal portions of the book), but even these are quite interesting when accompanied by the more 'philosophical' world view of the Hopis. A worthwhile read...highly recommended.

Humbled beyond words by the shared insights. Nani Linder Author University Of Life A Cross Cultural Approach to Leadership.......2005-08-18

This work is a tribute to the wisdom of the ancient ones and reveals in striking detail the future of humans. Serious scholars would do well to study the ancient Indian, Mayan, Aboriginal Societies. You shall find knowledge beyond measure. The lifestyle of the Hopi in keeping with prophecy is to be lauded and so I honor you now publically. I am truly humbled by the strength of the messages and the caring of such a wonderful people. Seekers of truth would do well to look deeper and see beyond the obvious. This is ma'a!

It's the journey..........2005-04-12

I've walked many miles with The Book of the Hopi in my backpack.

What is here in this old paperback for a nomad like me?

Well, it presents a compelling vision. It's just beautiful; the Big Picture rattles around and echoes in the mind. While I'm no expert on Native American culture or customs (read: I can't vouch for this document's literal authenticity), I can offer my humble appreciation for the book's humanity, my gratitude for the positive influence it's had on me personally, and an assurance that this is very likely not a syncretic make-it-up like Carlos Castaneda's books.

I don't think the conspicuous similarities between this vision and that of Tantric Buddhism are coincidental or accidental (but I don't think they're a function of any kind of Jungian mechanism either). These similarities are real, and really, Frank Waters goes a bit overboard with his now-dated commentary. Incidentally, this text has played a role in guiding me into the company of a very dear group of friends, Karma Thegsum Choling (yes, Buddhists, and of the first order) of Tempe, Arizona. My point with this tangentiality is simply to suggest some of the potential latent in this plastic and vast vision. Things happen...real things.

May you find your way. Homage to those who know it!

Excellent read.......2004-06-12

The book of Hopi is an amazing and beautiful book, revealing the story of this ancient tribe as told by the Hopi elders to John Walters, who spent years to research the traditions and myths of the people living in the dry and hot Southwest.
The book begins with the creation myths and the believes of Hopi for the seven worlds, three past, forth - the present one and three more to come.
It introduces us to their deities, nature spirits and mysterious cachinas - star people who descend to Earth when Hopi need them most. This enchanting story describes their constant migrations in North and South America, petrogliphs and arthefacts they left along their trails, the origin of their rituals and traditions, their connection to the nature and the animal world, the stories of the lost white brother, their cosmology and even their prophesies. Finally the book deals with the present misfortune of the Hopi confined in a small piece of inhospitable and bare land and the problems they have with the neighboring Navajo indians. Book of the hopi has gathered the wisdom of the Ancient America and is an excellent book for people interested in native American traditions.

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Every American must read pg 205
Huh?
From a friend of Chief Dan Evemhema
Keep an open mind
Frank Waters rules, in the matter of Hopi spirituality

The Hopi Survival Kit
Thomas E. Mails
Manufacturer: Stewart, Tabori, & Chang
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1556705174

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Every American must read pg 205.......2007-06-26

I enjoyed the book, though it may not be for everyone. It was written in 1996, and on pg205 the heading reads, "Prophesies Yet To Be Fulfilled". It begins with this exact quote, "Today, once again, the world is facing a new crisis. This is (now in bold) a war of retaliation against terrorism. (end of bold) A war to save the innocent and to punish the guilty. But who is innocent and who is guilty? I pulled it off my shelf and discovered that a couple days after 9/11. Worth owning for that section alone imho.

Huh?.......2007-04-12

Interesting, but weird. Have an open mind, or don't bother. The politics of the book got me fired up. Some of the mystical content left my jaw hanging open.

From a friend of Chief Dan Evemhema.......2007-04-01

Regardless of writing style, as a Native American woman who practiced her Medicine on Third Mesa in Hopi for years I assure anyone who wishes to find the true Prophesies will find them in this book bearing Dan Evemhema's signature. Strictly for profit books on the subject, however beautifully written would not contain such pure renditions of the Prophecies, as strictly for profit books on the subject are not a part of Hopi Religious Culture. Don't be fooled. The Elders were very aware.

Keep an open mind.......2006-07-13

I was allowed to borrow this book by a friend of mine who met Dan Evehama and was taken under his wing. To those who only read or hear others at "word for word", you will ALWAYS miss the point of ANY discourse, written or spoken. This book is valuable not only for the first ever, first-hand account of this tribe's religious beliefs, but their prophecies and their politics. Those who couldn't get past Mr. Mails' zeal probably wouldn't have listened to Christ, either.
V.L.Harris, avid historian,amateur theologian

Frank Waters rules, in the matter of Hopi spirituality.......2006-06-08

I like Mails' "Mystic Warriors of the Plains" - it's in a prominent spot on my Southwestern display shelves. Don't bother with Survival Kit - read Frank Waters. "The Book of the Hopi" and "Pumpkinseed Point" are amazing expressions of the Hopi legends and world view, at once spiritual and scholarly. Frank was nominated several times for the Nobel, but never won (judges said he was "too regional" - politics in action).
When you're ready for the full dose of Native American spirituality, married masterfully with the teachings of the likes of Jung and Evans-Wentz, get "Mexico Mystique: The Coming Sixth World of Consciousness." It's a challenging read, but if you're not a dilettante, and want to look past the surface of NA spirituality, it's huge. For those reviewers who want something to live their lives by, it has a serious message, with prediction attached.

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Portago katsina book
Kachinas
wonderful images, valuable essay
A most informative and delightful book
Like Salt on Melon

Classic Hopi And Zuni Kachina Figures
Barton Wright
Manufacturer: Museum of New Mexico Press
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0890134839

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Presented here are one hundred classic-era (1880s-1940s) Hopi and Zuni carved dolls from private and public collections that have rarely, if ever, been put on exhibition and that collectively form a profound and powerful assembly of the very finest examples from the classic period in Kachina carving. Portago has greacefully photographed these rare figures using avaialbe light so as not to distort their colors and to reveal their movement and drama, passion and personality. Wright's essay masterfully elucidates Pueblo culture and cosmology and the systems and perceptions by which Pueblo People interact with their perceived universe.

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Portago katsina book .......2007-01-18

This book has one strength. The photos are excellent - at least in terms of the antique katsinam themselves. Ms. Portago's decision to photograph the carvings on metal backgrounds is odd to say the least. The essay in the back by Barton Wright is insightful but is not linked to the text. It was written many years ago.

I find one minor detail in this book to be quite annoying. Ms. Portago's bio on the jacket is twice as long as Barton Wright's. Mr. Wright is the most extensively published author on Hopi culture ever. Ms. Portago is a former model, a contessa, and a sometime photographer. That feels incongruous to me.

Kachinas.......2006-11-06

This is a wonderful -- and wonderfully photographed -- book and a valued addition to my collection of books on kachinas.

wonderful images, valuable essay.......2006-08-10

The essence of any Pueblo Kachina (Katsina) is determined in no small way by its mask (as well as by the ritual drama in which it appears). And while there are many kachina books in print, this volume by Portago and Wright emphasizes the doll's mask more than most other volumes. The Wright essay is one of his best and not easy for the layperson to find, so its printing here is especially useful. What Portago's kachina-doll photos bring to the fore is the aspect of an artist at home on either side of the camera--as a model and as the photographer. Finally, this group of kachina dolls is wonderful!

A most informative and delightful book.......2006-08-08

As one unfamiliar with Kachina figures and their history, I was fascinated with Andrea Portago's book. I was taken with the professionalism of the book - the wonderful photography and the knowledgeable presentation of the subject. It was a most rewarding reading, taking me on a delightful journey into the Hopi and Zuni cultures.

Like Salt on Melon.......2006-08-01

I too have waited for a long time for Ms Portago's book of photographs of Kachina figurines but, quite contrary to the last reviewer, I could'nt have been more delighted with the finished product. It is absolutely delightful. One must have a dead 'scholar's eye' not to be able to see the love and humor with which she has invested these little painted fabrications of wood, clay, cloth and feathers. They laugh at us with glee or, like Goyescas, shriek with horror from out of the pages of her book. Through her gorgeous colored photography she has breathed life and personality into her beloved subjects just as did that fine lineage of photographers from which she is derived. And as for her instinct to intersperse the glory of her colored images with severe black and white photos, in the manner of Anselm Adams, of the epic Southwest landscape from which these effigies derive, like putting salt on melon this was sheer genius.
The book is a treasure, for which I thank you, Andrea. On receiving my copy I ran right out and bought copies for all my friends. I urge you to do the same.

VOICE OF GREAT SPIRIT (Native American Studies)

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VOICE OF GREAT SPIRIT (Native American Studies)
Rudolf Kaiser
Manufacturer: Shambhala
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ASIN: 0877736022
Release Date: 1991-05-28

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did not ever receive the book
Hopi by Jake Page
An intimate portrait...
A masterpiece!
Hopi

Hopi
Susanne Page
Manufacturer: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0810910829

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did not ever receive the book.......2005-09-22

I ordered it and was emailed it was not available.

Hopi by Jake Page.......2005-07-04

Outstanding book! GREAT pictures that probably could not be duplicated today, as the Hopi gave remarkable access to the Pages for this book. The Pages have not abused that trust.

An intimate portrait..........2003-02-28

I have Hopi in laws and adoptive family members whose pictures appear in this loving--and accurate--portrayal of a world into which I was honored to be invited. I lived on the reservation itself for 8 years, and continue to be a family member and trusted friend. But having moved away, whenever I need to be reminded of what a rich and wondrous world in which my Hopi relations still reside...this book brings it all back in beautiful photos and delightful accounts of village life. And, as I recall, it was one of the first books of its kind to be openly "endorsed" by many of the Hopi locals in their own art galleries on the mesas. They were very proud of this book!

A masterpiece!.......2002-08-17

Being someone who knows many traditional Hopi families and visits often, I find this a very accurate account of America's most traditional Native tribe. Although much of their culture is private, Susanne and Jake have done a great job in depicting the social apsect of Hopi culture. The Hopi people are a joy to know. ...

Hopi.......2000-05-25

This book is absolutly amazing, with magnificint photographs, which are hard to find of the Hopi, and terrific information.

Moon Handbooks Four Corners: Including Navajo and Hopi Country, Moab, and Lake Powell (Moon Handbooks)

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Good basic guide

Moon Handbooks Four Corners: Including Navajo and Hopi Country, Moab, and Lake Powell (Moon Handbooks)
Julian Smith
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The first edition of Moon Handbooks Four Corners was the winner of the 2004 Lowell Thomas Gold Award for Best Guidebook from the Society of American Travel Writers. This wind-swept, sun-punished heart of the Southwest is where you'll encounter valleys strewn with thousand-foot mesas, the thundering rapids of the Colorado River, the living heart of the Navajo and Hopi nations, and sublime scenery found nowhere else. Julian Smith's award-winning guide helps you have a truly personal experience. Suggested travel strategies and lists of must-see sights provide you with real insights so you can decide where you should go, stay, and eat—without hassles or regrets. Julian details where to trek, climb, mountain bike, and raft between slot canyons or vast canyon walls. Complete with maps, photographs, illustrations, and special emphasis on leading destinations such as Mesa Verde, Chaco Canyon, Anasazi cliff dwellings, the Colorado and Greene Rivers, Lake Powell, and the Grand Staircase, Moon Handbooks Four Corners has the tools you need to create your own unique trip.

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Good basic guide.......2007-01-10

This is a well written and well organized guide. There are very few that focus on the Four Corners per se. If that is your area of interest, definitely buy this book. If you are interested in the Four Corners as part of a bigger AZ or NM or UT tour, you may be just as happy with buying the AZ or NM or UT book(s).

Sun Chief: The Autobiography of a Hopi Indian (The Lamar Series in Western History)

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One of the 2 best books ever written
Recommended on official Hopi website
One star is being very generous!!!!!!!!
Insight into turn-of-the-century Hopi
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Sun Chief: The Autobiography of a Hopi Indian (The Lamar Series in Western History)
Don "Sun Chief" Talayesva
Manufacturer: Yale University Press
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One of the 2 best books ever written .......2005-05-12

Reading is the most boring human activity there is... unless it comes to reading certain books, those actually being the only objects that should be called "books"as opposed to the rest which are just printed paper sheets. Writing a real "book" takes the best there is in humankind and the authors were lucky enough to have it all during the writting of this book.

Recommended on official Hopi website.......2004-03-30

I haven't read this book yet, but wanted people to know the Hopi themselves recommend it. See this website: www.hopi.nsn.us/Pages/Read%20List/readlist.html.

One star is being very generous!!!!!!!!.......2003-05-06

If I were to pick a more accurate rating I would make it a -2. This is book is very thorough and detailed to the point of boredom. It should have about 160 pages instead of 380.

If you are into this topic then you would love it. But as for me I had to force myself to read 5 pages in a setting. The only reason I read it was because I had to write a paper on it.

Insight into turn-of-the-century Hopi.......2002-03-07

I enjoyed this book so much that I finished it in a couple of days. In my opinion, Don Talayesva is a charming narrator. His sometimes humorous, many times heart-breaking recollections underscores the tremendous cultural, social and religious upheavals the Hopi tribe were going through at the beginning of the 20th century, as no anthropological or historical work could ever do.

Sun Chief Review.......2002-01-07

This book is incredibly uninteresting and poorly written. The writing style doesn't flow well, and there is no particular plot to speak of. I wouldn't recommend it.

The Kachina and the White Man: The Influences of White Culture on the Hopi Kachina Cult (Coyote Books)

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Good survey of the influence of white culture on the Hopi

The Kachina and the White Man: The Influences of White Culture on the Hopi Kachina Cult (Coyote Books)
Frederick J. Dockstader
Manufacturer: Univ of New Mexico Pr
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Binding: Paperback

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Good survey of the influence of white culture on the Hopi.......1999-08-05

This is a good introduction to the Hopi and their reaction to the influence of white culture, focusing on the effects on the Katsina religion. This is not so much a book about Katsina dolls, but about the religion and how it has changed under the pressure of white culture. Very nice illustrations, well written.

Pueblo Pottery Families: Acoma, Cochiti, Hopi, Isleta, Jemez, Laguna, Nambe, Picuris, Pojoaque, San Ildefonso, San Juan, Santa Clara, Santo Domingo, Taos, Tesuque, Zia, Zuni

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Pueblo Pottery Families
A Disappointment
An EXCELLENT resource for those interested in pottery.

Pueblo Pottery Families: Acoma, Cochiti, Hopi, Isleta, Jemez, Laguna, Nambe, Picuris, Pojoaque, San Ildefonso, San Juan, Santa Clara, Santo Domingo, Taos, Tesuque, Zia, Zuni
Lillian Peaster
Manufacturer: Schiffer Publishing
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ASIN: 0764318500

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Travel to the pueblos of Arizona and New Mexico and meet 102 families that make beautiful, traditional pottery. Meet the potters face to face in beautiful color photographs of them with their work, and enjoy interviews with the artists, branches of 43 family trees. Seventeen pueblos along the Rio Grande and in the rising mesas and bluffs to river's west, have a long tradition of making pottery vessels for practical and ceremonial use. This book introduces 554 modern potters in relation to the family members with whom they learned their craft. New forms and designs are displayed to demonstrate the evolving nature of their art.

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Pueblo Pottery Families.......2007-05-13

The book provided insight into the relationships of the potters on the different pueblos. We like the book. It is inexpensive. We will have it available when we visit the different pueblos.

A Disappointment.......2003-02-03

Unfortunately, this book promises a lot more than it delivers. For example, in its preface, it mentions several families of potters at Acoma named Lewis not related to Lucy Lewis, but they are not even mentioned. Even the section on the family of Lucy Lewis is barely 2 pages. The author for the most part barely skims the surface. I desperately wanted to like this book, but the more I read it, the more I saw was lacking. For one thing, it seriously needed a much better editor. It reads like a grade school student's social studies report, and it is filled with typos, the worst being that many of the photo captions are wrong because the photos were flipped and the captions were not corrected. A major disappointment for the price. Fortunately I bought it in paperback! It did have some good information, but it could have and should have had much more.

An EXCELLENT resource for those interested in pottery........1999-01-04

This book is an excellent resource if you are interested in collecting pottery from all peublos as well as a variety of families. Although not quite as in depth as Rick Dillingmham's Fourteen Families, she does mention many families that he does not.

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