Author: Francis Rolt-Wheeler
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Adventure stories
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
The Boy with the U.S. Explorers
Author: Francis Rolt-Wheeler
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Adventure stories
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Adventure stories
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
The Men Who United the States
Author: Simon Winchester
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 006207962X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
“Simon Winchester never disappoints, and The Men Who United the States is a lively and surprising account of how this sprawling piece of geography became a nation. This is America from the ground up. Inspiring and engaging.” —Tom Brokaw Simon Winchester, acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Atlantic and The Professor and the Madman, delivers his first book about America: a fascinating popular history that illuminates the men who toiled fearlessly to discover, connect, and bond the citizenry and geography of the U.S.A. from its beginnings. How did America become “one nation, indivisible”? What unified a growing number of disparate states into the modern country we recognize today? To answer these questions, Winchester follows in the footsteps of America’s most essential explorers, thinkers, and innovators, such as Lewis and Clark and the leaders of the Great Surveys; the builders of the first transcontinental telegraph and the powerful civil engineer behind the Interstate Highway System. He treks vast swaths of territory, from Pittsburgh to Portland, Rochester to San Francisco, Seattle to Anchorage, introducing the fascinating people who played a pivotal role in creating today’s United States. Throughout, he ponders whether the historic work of uniting the States has succeeded, and to what degree. Featuring 32 illustrations throughout the text, The Men Who United the States is a fresh look at the way in which the most powerful nation on earth came together.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 006207962X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
“Simon Winchester never disappoints, and The Men Who United the States is a lively and surprising account of how this sprawling piece of geography became a nation. This is America from the ground up. Inspiring and engaging.” —Tom Brokaw Simon Winchester, acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Atlantic and The Professor and the Madman, delivers his first book about America: a fascinating popular history that illuminates the men who toiled fearlessly to discover, connect, and bond the citizenry and geography of the U.S.A. from its beginnings. How did America become “one nation, indivisible”? What unified a growing number of disparate states into the modern country we recognize today? To answer these questions, Winchester follows in the footsteps of America’s most essential explorers, thinkers, and innovators, such as Lewis and Clark and the leaders of the Great Surveys; the builders of the first transcontinental telegraph and the powerful civil engineer behind the Interstate Highway System. He treks vast swaths of territory, from Pittsburgh to Portland, Rochester to San Francisco, Seattle to Anchorage, introducing the fascinating people who played a pivotal role in creating today’s United States. Throughout, he ponders whether the historic work of uniting the States has succeeded, and to what degree. Featuring 32 illustrations throughout the text, The Men Who United the States is a fresh look at the way in which the most powerful nation on earth came together.
The Men who Found America
Author: Frederick Winthrop Hutchinson
Publisher:
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 184
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Explorers of North America (A True Book: American History)
Author: Christine Taylor-Butler
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 1338856642
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Discover the origins of European exploration of the Americas. A True Book: American History series allows readers to experience the earliest moments in American history and to discover how these moments helped shape the country that it is today. This series includes an age appropriate (grades 3-5) introduction to curriculum-relevant subjects and a robust resource section that encourages independent study. This book describes the origins of European exploration of the Americas, including the Vikings, the search for a new route to Asia, for gold, and for a Northwest Passage, and discusses the Lewis and Clark Expedition and modern explorers.
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 1338856642
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Discover the origins of European exploration of the Americas. A True Book: American History series allows readers to experience the earliest moments in American history and to discover how these moments helped shape the country that it is today. This series includes an age appropriate (grades 3-5) introduction to curriculum-relevant subjects and a robust resource section that encourages independent study. This book describes the origins of European exploration of the Americas, including the Vikings, the search for a new route to Asia, for gold, and for a Northwest Passage, and discusses the Lewis and Clark Expedition and modern explorers.
Encounter
Author: Jane Yolen
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780152013899
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
A Taino Indian boy on the island of San Salvador recounts the landing of Columbus and his men in 1492.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780152013899
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
A Taino Indian boy on the island of San Salvador recounts the landing of Columbus and his men in 1492.
Explorers Who Got Lost
Author: Diane Sansevere-Dreher
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780812520385
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Examines the adventures of such early explorers of America as Columbus, Dias, and Cabot. Includes information on the events, society, and superstitions of the times.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780812520385
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Examines the adventures of such early explorers of America as Columbus, Dias, and Cabot. Includes information on the events, society, and superstitions of the times.
The Gem-hunters
Author: Francis Rolt-Wheeler
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Diamonds
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Diamonds
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
Who's who in Literature
Author: Mark Meredith
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Authors, English
Languages : en
Pages : 614
Book Description
Contains list of "Fictitious and pseudonymous names."
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Authors, English
Languages : en
Pages : 614
Book Description
Contains list of "Fictitious and pseudonymous names."
The Boys' Book of the World War
Author: Francis Rolt-Wheeler
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
Annual Report of the Boy Scouts of America
Author: Boy Scouts of America
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1534
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1534
Book Description