Clambake: A Wampanoag Tradition

by Russell M. Peters

Book Overview

Steven Peters, a twelve-year-old Wampanoag Indian in Massachusetts, learns from his grandfather how to prepare a clambake in the tradition of his people.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822596210
• ISBN13: 9780822596219
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 9.3" x 8.1"
• Age Range: 8 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 6

Customer Reviews

A most interesting take on a Wampanoag tradition.

As a window into the life of a Native American tribe that has lived on Cape Cod since long before the Mayflower landed in Plymouth, this book stretches well beyond the Clambake. Beautifully told and photographed, it is the story of how Steven, a Wampanoag Indian boy, is instructed in the tradition of clambaking from his grandfather, Russell Peters. In the process, he learns a great deal about his people, as does the reader.

Fantastic representation of the People of the First light

Wampanoag Indians are the original tribe that met the pilgrims and white settlers and it is about time that someone stepped up to the plate and told the truth. A fantastic book about the true Native Americans that are alive and strong today that white america will never embrace and accept the fact that they are beautiful people with a rich culture and heritage