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Loading... Lewis and Clark on the Trail of Discovery: The Journey That Shaped America (Lewis & Clark Expedition) (edition 2003)by Rod Gragg (Author)
Work InformationLewis and Clark on the Trail of Discovery: An Interactive History with Removable Artifacts (Museum in a Book) by Rod Gragg
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. For children and adults alike. Wonderful, informative. ( ) This book has an extensive amount of information about Lewis and Clark; so much that it is named the "museum in a book." I like it because it provides a good biography about both Lewis and Clark for students to really learn more about them as people, not just explorers. I would use this in a 4-7 grade class with a unit on biographies. This book is pretty good, but I wouldn't necessarily recommend checking it out from a local library, as I had done. At first glance, the copies of original documents were interesting, but practically unintelligible in the antiquated handwriting styles of the day. After reading the text, I was interested. Accounts of adventures are told in a captivating style that will interest young readers. The corresponding original texts then become more interesting. However, many of the documents in my library copy were missing, or placed in the wrong places. Nonetheless, a great book, but needs to be prefaced with a conversation with young readers about caring for books, ho hum. **Also fun to point out with students, is the choice by the author and editors to transcribe quotes from the journals of the two explorers without editing their spelling. no reviews | add a review
Describes the expedition led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to explore the unknown western regions of America at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Includes facsimiles of journal entries, maps, and letters inserted in folders and under flaps. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)917.8042History & geography Geography & travel Geography of and travel in North America Western U.S. Travel 19th CenturyLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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