| The Virginia Experience Paper Back Book Contributor(s): March, Carole (Author), Marsh, Carole (Author) |
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ISBN: 0793394139 ISBN-13: 9780793394135 Publisher: Gallopade International OUR PRICE: $14.20 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 1999 Annotation: 52-page book includes Virginia History (1607 to the present), Virginia Geography (including regions, natural resources, farm crops), Virginia Civics (including Commonwealth, politics, government, and historical documents) and Virginia Economics (including land use, population, transportation, money and banking). Also covers Virginia Indians, Jamestown and the Virginia Colony, slavery in Virginia, social life in the early colonies, Virginia in the Revolution, Virginia in the Civil War (including Nat Turner's rebellion) and Virginia People (including George Washington, George Wythe, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, Patrick Henry, Robert E. Lee, J.E.B. Stuart, Stonewall Jackson, and Woodrow Wilson, among many others). The book concludes with a glossary, appendix, gazetteer of place names, bibliography, and other educational information and graphics. For fun, the book includes 9 Virginia historical characters and a Virginia fact-based board game. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Travel | United States - South - South Atlantic (dc, De, Fl, Ga, Md, Nc, Sc, Va, Wv) |
| Dewey: 917.55 |
| Physical Information: 0.13" H x 8.64" W x 10.94" (0.43 lbs) 48 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Virginia - Cultural Region - South Atlantic - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Virginia Experience includes 49 colorful pages filled with history, places, people, trivia and more. The Table of Contents includes: Experience the History I am the Great State of Virginia In the Beginning Came a Colony You Say You Want a Revolution? Of Human Bondage: Slavery in Old Virginia A Fine Day for a Picnic, A Terrible Day to Die: Virginia the Civil War Virginia from Yesterday to the 21st Century Experience the Places Gee Whiz Virginia Geology & Geography Williamsburg Red, White & Blue The Strong Sloping Shady Shoulders of the Shenandoah Oysters, Pirates, and Sunken Ships : On Virginia's Tidewater Trail Bricks and Bones: Archaeology in Virginia A Gazetteer of Unique Virginia Place Names Experience the People Those Whose Names Were Terrible : Virginia Indians Job Bank: Early Virginia Careers George, Tom & Those Other Guys with Bad Hair Days Virginia Women Claim Their Dominion People on Parade: Virginians & Others Who Have Helped Make the State Great Experience the Fun The Sot Weed Yes, Virginia, There Was a Colonial Christmas Eat Your Virginia Veggies: The Colonial Garden of Thomas Jefferson Supplies & Provisions: Virginia Stuff From the Past Did Someone Say Boo Virginia Ghosts Virginia Hard-to-Believe-But-True Trivia Virginia Glossary & Spelling Bee |