| Louisiana Purchase Contributor(s): Roop, Peter (Author), Roop, Connie (Author), Comport, Sally Wern (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0689864434 ISBN-13: 9780689864438 Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks OUR PRICE: $6.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2004 Annotation: Two award-winning authors bring history to life for young readers as they examine the 1803 Louisiana Purchase, made by President Jefferson to make his dream of extending the United States west of the Mississippi River come true. Illustrations. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - Exploration & Discovery - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - United States - Colonial & Revolutionary Periods |
| Dewey: 973.46 |
| LCCN: 2004101181 |
| Series: Ready-For-Chapters |
| Physical Information: 0.28" H x 5.03" W x 8.05" (0.28 lbs) 80 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Louisiana - Cultural Region - Deep South - Cultural Region - Mid-South - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 82419 Reading Level: 6.3 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 1.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Uncharted Territory In 1803 President Thomas Jefferson bought the Louisiana territory from the French for $15,000,000. The purchase made President Jefferson's dream of extending the U.S. west of the Mississippi River come true. Now the much larger United States had difficult questions to answer: How would Louisiana be governed? How would it be divided into states? Would those states be free states or slave states? What would happen to the Native Americans? It would take over one hundred years, a war over slavery, and the creation of thirteen new states before these questions could be answered. |
Contributor Bio(s): Comport, Sally Wern: - Sally Wern Comport has illustrated numerous picture books and novels, including Love Will See You Through: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Six Guiding Beliefs; Brave Margaret: An Irish Adventure; Hanging Off Jefferson's Nose: Growing Up on Mt. Rushmore; and the Spy Mice series. She has also translated her picture making skills to various large scale public, private, and institutional artworks. Sally lives with her husband and two daughters in Annapolis, Maryland, where she operates Art at Large Inc. Learn more at ArtAtLargeInc.com. |