Adopted by Indians: A True Story

by Thomas Jefferson Mayfield

Book Overview

This book gives younger readers a close-up view of traditional California Indian life and early California. Thomas Jefferson Mayfield kept a wonderful secret for almost sixty years: the secret of his childhood among the Choinumne Indians of California's San Joaquin Valley. For twelve years he played and slept alongside Choinmune children, he hunted and fished with them, ate their food and wore their clothes. Adopted by Indians is the story...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0930588932
• ISBN13: 9780930588939
• Release Date: May 1997
• Publisher: Heyday Books
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.7" x 9.7"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

Great read for all California children & adults

I bought this book as gift for my great-nieces & found it an excellent read and hard to put down once started. (Have ordered the adult version for myself: Indian Summer) This book is written in such a lovely manner and takes you from one adventure to the next rapidly - much detail is given to daily life among the first land stewards and their ways - definitely a page turner that will leave you astounded and in awe. A great story for teaching what our public schools don't have time for. It is un-biased and written in a loving style - consider this book for your children to read to better understand an important part of California's past.