Shanks, Ralph C.       <br/><br/>
The North American Indian travel guide 
Ralph Shanks; Edited by Lisa Woo Shanks 
 - Petaluma, California  Costano Books  1986 
 - 278 p 
<br/><br/> In such an extensive directory, it is understandably difficult to be consistently creative in describing places and events. However, the Shankses not only overuse "interesting" and "very" but they write on a condescending and eighth-grade level in the 39-page overview. Though the authors omit Lake Jackson Mounds State Archaeological Site and place a museum in Miami Beach instead of Miami, Florida, for example, they do provide a wealth of information on over 900 places to observe past and/or present Indian culture. Ignore the preaching and use the guidebook as it was intended. Flawed but recommended. Susan Hamburger, Florida State Univ. Lib., Tallahassee 
<br/><br/> 56837 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0930268075 
<br/><br/><label>ISSN: </label>9780930268077 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label>--Canada--United States
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>917.304927 Sha   15