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Leacock, Elspeth; Buckley, Susan Journeys in Time: A New Atlas of American History
0395979560 / 9780395979563; Americans have always been a people on the move. This book maps twenty journeys that have shaped our national past. These are stories of change - pilgrims and pioneers, soldiers and children, explorers and adventurers building new lives and finding new worlds. Long or short, these journeys changed the lives of those who took them. They include Louis Armstrong, a young musician carrying his cornet and dreams of a new life; Rosa Cristoforo, a young bride afraid to come to America; Dame Shirley, a New England woman on her way to the gold rush; Venture Smith, a six-year-old African prince, captured and enslaved; Pedro de Acevedo, a young boy who sailed with Columbus, and many more. This is an atlas, a book of maps. It is also a storybooks. With thousands of visual and verbal facts, the authors have created a new way to experience the excitement of history. This is a book to savor, to learn from, to pore over, and to share. 48 pages including notes and an index. Fully illustrated in color with a glossy pictorial cover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
Houghton Mifflin Company
Boston, MA, 2001, First Edition
Hardcover
New
New; Book
Prato, Rodica;
002750;
Price:
9.20 USD
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