Mother Earth: An American Story

Sam D. Gill. University of Chicago Press, $19 (206pp) ISBN 978-0-226-29372-1

Gill asserts that the allegedly ancient concept of ``Mother Earth'' evolved fairly recently through pioneers' imagery of America, scholarly interpretations of Native American earth goddesses and Indians' creative reactions to white settlers' perceptions. (Sept.)no pw rev

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