In this approachable and fascinating biography of the galaxy, an astrophysicist and folklorist details everything humans have discovered—from the Milky Way's

Presents a grand tour of our home Galaxy's structure, genesis, and evolution, based on the latest astronomical findings.

Today, we accept that we live on a planet circling the sun, that our sun is just one of billions of stars in the galaxy we call the Milky Way, and that our gala

When cornmeal is stolen from an elderly couple, the others in a Cherokee village find a way to drive off the thief, creating the Milky Way in the process.

Collects folklore of the Cherokee people on various topics including animals, the origin of the Earth, and spirits.