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Author/historian Jay Wertz will be appearing at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, 750 9th Street Northwest, Washington D.C., 20001 on Wednesday July 20th at Noon. Mr. Wertz will sign copies of his book,  THE NATIVE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE . Native Americans have fascinated the world ever since European explorers discovered the Western Hemisphere.  The Native American Experience tells their story from migration during the Ice Age to the influence of Native American culture today, examining early Native American tribal history and the turbulent relationship between Native Americans and Western settlers.   The Native American Experience is based in part on interviews with notable Native Americans-including Adam Fortunate Eagle, Johnny Bear Contreas, and Waneek Horn-Miller- and featuring removable facsimiles of rare documents from U.S. archives and private collections, this is a powerful you-are-there account of American history as seen through the ey...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRLog (Press Release) – May 09, 2011 – Author/historian Jay Wertz will be appearing at Barnes & Noble, Rainbow Promenade, 2191 N Rainbow Blvd., Las Vegas, NV 89108, on Saturday, June 11th, from 1pm to 4pm. Mr. Wertz will sign copies of his books, THE CIVIL WAR EXPERIENCE: 1861-1865, and THE NATIVE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE. The Civil War ­­­shaped the development of the United States of America like no other event in the country’s history, resulting in the building of one of the world’s greatest democracies. The Civil War Experience: 1861-1865 provides a unique glimpse into the world of the 1860s—the military, political, and social events of the war are explored, and the heroes, from great leaders and generals to common soldiers and civilians, are identified. The Civil War Experience offers the reader the chance to relive this defining moment in history through some two hundred illustrations, including specially commissioned maps and thirty fa...