| Bodies from the Bog Contributor(s): Deem, James M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0618354026 ISBN-13: 9780618354023 Publisher: Clarion Books OUR PRICE: $8.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2003 Annotation: With striking photographs and engaging text, Deem tells the stories of human bodies discovered in European peat bogs and explains how their peat graves acted to preserve their bodies so well. Full color. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Science - Archaeology - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - Prehistoric |
| Dewey: 569.9 |
| LCCN: 97012010 |
| Lexile Measure: 1100 |
| Physical Information: 0.17" H x 9.94" W x 9.02" (0.52 lbs) 42 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Prehistoric - Cultural Region - Benelux |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 25254 Reading Level: 7.7 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 1.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: One morning in April 1952, Danish workmen digging in a peat bog near the town of Grauballe made an astonishing discovery: the body of a man preserved in the bog, his face Xattened by the weight of the peat and his skin as brown as the earth in which he lay. Who was this man, and how had he come to be there? With striking photographs and engaging text, James M. Deem tells the story of Grauballe Man and other bog bodies discovered in European peat bogs. He explains who they were, how they lived and died, and how their peat graves acted to preserve their bodies so well. |
Contributor Bio(s): Deem, James M.: - James M. Deem is the author of numerous books for young readers, including 3 NB of Julian Drew, Bodies from the Ice: Melting Glaciers and the Rediscovery of the Past, and Faces From the Past. Mr. Deem lives outside of Phoenix, Arizona. |