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Author
Series
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
An account of the first permanent English settlement in North America, with all its tragedies and disasters, established in 1607 in Jamestown, Virginia.
Author
Series
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the expedition led by Lewis and Clark to explore the unknown western regions of America at the beginning of the nineteenth century, describing its mishaps, adventures, and impact on western expansion.
Author
Series
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Recounts how the Cherokees, after fighting to keep their land in the nineteenth century, were forced to leave and travel 1200 miles to a new settlement in Oklahoma, a terrible journey known as the Trail of Tears.
7) The Titanic
Author
Language
English
Description
"Labels common stories about the Titanic as fact or fiction and teaches readers how to tell the difference between truth and rumors"--Provided by publisher.
8) Pearl Harbor
Author
Series
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
18) Vietnam War POWs
Author
Series
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
In China, an entire generation's most formative years took place in remote rural areas when city kids were sent to the countryside to become rusticated youth and partake in Mao's mandated Great Leap Forward. In an inspiring tale, Emei Burrell shares her mother's true experience during the Down to the Countryside Movement of the early 1970s, which sought to increase agricultural outreach and spur social and ideological change amongst youth. Burell's...
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