| The Hero Schliemann: The Dreamer Who Dug for Troy Contributor(s): Schlitz, Laura Amy (Author), Byrd, Robert (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0763665045 ISBN-13: 9780763665043 Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA) OUR PRICE: $8.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Science & Technology - Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Science - Archaeology - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - Ancient |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2015490842 |
| Lexile Measure: 910 |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 6" W x 9" (0.25 lbs) 80 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Greece - Cultural Region - Turkey - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 107348 Reading Level: 6.7 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 2.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Anyone with an interest in archaeology or in liars and braggarts will be drawn in by this slim biography of the hyper-imaginative Schliemann. -- Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (starred review) From Newbery Medal-winning author Laura Amy Schlitz comes an engaging illustrated biography of Heinrich Schliemann, a nineteenth-century archaeologist who most believe did find the ancient city of Troy. This engrossing tale paints a portrait of contradictions -- a man at once stingy and lavishly generous, a scholar both shrewd and reckless, a speaker of twenty-two languages and a man with a funny habit of taking liberties with the truth. Laura Amy Schlitz and Robert Byrd open a discussion about how history sometimes comes to be written, and how it sometimes needs to be changed. Back matter includes source notes and a bibliography. |