AMERICAN INDIAN MYTHS & MYSTERIES is an authoritative and scrupulously researched account of the mythology of the Native American -- an all-encompassing collection of American Indian legends, truths, and myths. Although much of this ancient heritage has been lost, a great deal has been saved, and there are men and women alive today who remember the lore of their ancestors. Scholarly, but highly readable and entertaining, this book is a must for students of the Native American culture, ceremony and prophecy. In vivid detail Gaddis traces the forgotten knowledge of the megalithic stone builders; the vast networks of subterranean tunnels and caverns where hoards of Incan gold still lie hidden; the cyclopean ruins of Tiahuanaco and cities lost deep in the Amazonian jungle; and Hopi legends of the world-wide cataclysms that destroyed these pre-historic civilizations. Chapters include: Whence Came the Amerind?; Artifacts of a World Forgotten; Mystery of the Megaliths; Tunnels of the Titans; Totem Trails Northward; Columbus Was Late; The European Wanderers; The Lost Colony Enigma; Mystery of the Shaking Tent; Medicine Man Magic; Secrets of the Shamans; The Curse of Tippecanoe; The Great Purification; more.

AMERICAN INDIAN MYTHS & MYSTERIES By Vincent Gaddis. 240 pages. 5x9 Paperback. Illustrated. Bibliography. Index.