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Books by Pat Mendoza
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*New*
Pat is a frequent contributing
author to the Chicken Soup of the Souls Series.
Chicken Soup for the Volunteer's
Soul
&
Chicken Soup of the Bride's Soul
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2001 Honor
Title
Storytelling World Magazine
Best Anthology
Historic
Hauntings and Ghost stories from the Frontier, Hispanic and Native American
Traditions. Skin Walkers and Shapeshifters....a tap at the window when
no one is there... The Moonlight Rider of Wyoming...The Ghosts of the Historic
Sheridan Inn...and much, much more.
 "My
love for the acute spirituality in this book is second only to my love
for the west."
--- Martin"Sensei" Kove,
actor (Karate Kid, Rambo 2, Cagney and Lacey..and many more). March 2001.
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"This is a great book!
....If you are looking for something to sit around and tell stories to
kids, these are short and sweet and to the point and wonderful...Good for
raising the hair on the back of your neck."
--- Barbara Simpson, Weekend
host Coast to Coast AM January 27, 2001
Order your copy by visiting
www.augusthouse.com
or your nearest bookstore.
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2000 Honor
Title
Storytelling
World Magazine
Special Storytelling
Resource
Twenty-two stories and one
strange event of people who didn't make the history books, either because
of race or gender.If you like a good story, you will love this book. Who
says history can't be fun? Publisher Libraries Unlimited. ISBN 1-56308-611-5
Libraries Unlimited
Department 9853 PO Box 6633
Englewood, CO 80155-6633
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"The author whets the
appetite for more, MORE, MORE on 22 biographical sketches. Teachers of
all grades will love the exciting characters to enhance their lessons.
History and trivia buffs will delight in forgotten or little known facts
contained here. But storytellers have a new world opened to them....No
where else can one read about Shoichi Yokoi (the last Japanese soldier)
and Jose Marti (freedom fighter of Cuba) in one book."
--- Lois Hartman, reviewer
for the Territorial Tattler, Oklahoma's Association of Story Listeners
andTellers. August, 1999 |
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1999 Honor
Title
Storytelling
World Magazine
Special Storytelling
Resource
Four Great Rivers to Cross
by Patrick Mendoza, Ann
Strange Owl Raben
and Nico Strange Owl
This book is a great storytime
resource, that will appeal to all.These intriguing stories-from creation
accounts and the introduction of the horse to the present--chronicle the
history of the people we call the Cheyenne Indians. Offering a unique historical
perspective, they are told as seen through the eyes of Old Nam Shim (which
means grandfather) and a little girl called Shadow. This book was written
to dispell misconceptions about these and other Native peoples. Great reading
for Native American History studies as required by Colorado Law. Ideal
reading supplement to Western history, Colorado history, Cheyenne wars
or the anthropology of the Cheyenne people. Also a valuable resource for
multicultural units.
This a teachers workbook
for 3rd through 8th grade reading level. This book was design to teach
about the Cheyenne Culture through stories, activities, and vocabulary
to enhance Native American Studies. Publisher is Libraries Unlimited. ISBN
1-56308-471-6
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| "This book is excellent
reading for any age. The mixture of cultural and historical stories provides
insight greater than either could alone.
I believe those interested
in Native American people and their culture will be pleased with this well
written book...."
--- Vance Morrow, reviewer
for the Territorial Tattler, Oklahoma's Association of Story Listeners
andTellers.
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Now in Fourth
Printing!
Songs of Sorrow
by Patrick Mendoza
Soft Cover
Song of Sorrow is a multicultural
history about the Sand Creek Massacre of November 29, 1864, beginning from
1820 and ending in 1878, that is rich in Cheyenne culture and religion.
The author spent seven years researching and interviewing the descendents
of victims and perpetrators of the massacre. He is a formally adopted Cheyenne
and an honoray Creek Indian and was recently honored by the Lakota people.
Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell wrote the foreword. Since this is a narrative
history, the reader will enjoy a refreshing new approach to learning history.
"..This book is extremely
well written. Mendoza is a historian who sings in his retelling of Sand
Creek...makes history relevant by bringing this story to the present."
--- Dr. Tom Noel, Chairman,
History Dept., Univ. of Colorado, Denver.
"...commendable job in
maintaining the "multicultural" viewpoint. Well suited for classroom use,
it should find a much wider readership, given the high profile nature of
the subject, together with a highly readable narrative. A book that belongs
in every Colorado library."
--- Jerry Keenan, Author
& Western Historian Colorado Libraries, Vol 21, #1, Spring, 1995.
"...did not rehash the
same old Sand Creek story but went to the people who knew the oral stories
of the Cheyenne..."
--- John Sipes, Jr., Southern
Cheyenne Tribal Historian/Plains Indian Consultant.
"Mendoza's telling is
powerful and exciting."
--- Angie Irons, True West
Magazine
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Song of Sorrow is appropriate as a supplement in your classroom either
as required or recommended reading in your Colorado history, western history,
Wyoming history, Cheyenne Indian Wars or an Native American studies course.
Non-fiction, bibliography, index and footnotes, 21 photos, 189 pages, soft
cover. For elementary grades, this story can be read to the students. ISBN:
0-9636362-0-0 $10.95
An
Instructor Guide is available and free to qualified adopters of classroom
size orders of twenty or more. Ordered separately - Instructor Guide ISBN:
0-9636362-1-9 $2.75
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To order, send this form and Check or Money Order to:
Willow Wind Publishing
Company
1566 Adams St
Denver, CO
80206
303-388-3622
E Mail: PatMendoza@aol.com
(Allow 4-6 weeks delivery for personal checks)
All Books Available at Amazon.com
and
Barnes and Noble's website.
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