Prehistoric Man in America

Ryerson Press. Good. Hardcover. 115 p. 25.5 cm. No date of publication or copyright date, but likely published around 1917 according to Library and Archives Canada. Sound and square binding in cloth-covered boards. Some wear to the corners. Spine somewhat faded. A few small stain spots. Previous owners' names on front endpaper and a stamped name in a few places. Otherwise, the inside pages are clean and unmarked overall. Six essays by Dean Harris, which originally appeared in the journal Archaeological Reports. Includes: Earth's first man -- The ape man -- The pre-Christian cross -- Primitive civilization of the American Indian -- Practice of medicine and surgery by the Canadian tribes in Champlain's time -- The mystery of a land that disappeared. Reverend Harris was a Roman Catholic priest who had an interest in prehistoric peoples, fostered by Canada's first professional archeologist David Boyle. Harris wrote these articles with regard to how Christian belief fit into the scheme of human evolution. .