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Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"For a long time, most people believed that Christopher Columbus was the first explorer to 'discover' America--the first to make a successful round-trip voyage across the Atlantic. But in recent years, as new evidence has come to light, our understanding of history has changed. We know now that Columbus was among the last explorers to reach the Americas, not the first"--Book jacket.
3) Buffalo hunt
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[1988]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Examines the importance of the buffalo in the lore and day-to-day life of the Indian tribes of the Great Plains and describes hunting methods and the uses found for each part of the animal that could not be eaten.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Relates the experiences of a German prince, his servant, and a young Swiss artist as they traveled through the Missouri River Valley in 1833 learning about the territory and its inhabitants and recording their impressions in words and pictures.