Who where the first Americans?The story is intriguing, and the fascinating narrative will hold the reader's complete attention.Most of the inhabitants were wiped out by plagues brought by the Europeans.You will learn how "Indians" lived throughout the Americas before 1492 and Columbus, only isolated bits of the story have reached the popular press.If your knowledge of the Native Americans begins and ends with what you learned in school years ago, or with the stereotypes perpetuated by Hollywood, you are in for quite a shock.This is not a book which will please many with an agenda on either the pro-development or pro-environment side, but it will be found invaluable by those who seek a better understanding of the "New World" before the Europeans "discovered" it.Grab your history book now!