1   The Road to Tuktoyaktuk

  2   Pyramids on the Mississippi

  3   Women (and a Few Men) Who Led the Way

  4   Firestorm

  5   The Tree in American History

  6   Hunting

  7   How the Fur Trade Shaped the American Economy

  8   Beads and Buildings

  9   Corn, Cotton, and Tobacco

10   The Trade in Indian Slaves

11   Fishing for Food and Profit

12   Guerrillas and Warriors

13   America’s Patron Saint

14   Americanization of the English Language

15   The Naming of North America

16   North America’s Inca Historian

17   Intellectual Mining

18   Mixed-Blood Nation

19   The White Roots of Peace

       Bibliography

       Acknowledgments