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Title: Lewis and Clark by George Sullivan ISBN: 0-613-25992-0 Publisher: Bt Bound Pub. Date: June, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.40 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Fifth Grade Teacher says ...
Comment: We just finished a week long, very intense study of Lewis and Clark. This was the book we used as a textbook. Neither the students nor I could put it down. They begged to read just one more chapter every time. The special education aide who comes in during reading even took the book home with her so she wouldn't miss anything. If you want to get kids excited about history, these "In Their Own Words" books by George Sullivan will do it!
Rating: 3
Summary: My two cents worth ...
Comment: George Sullivan has created a very readable and fairly accurate book here. It suffers from a few errors, one of which is so glaring that it calls into question how thoroughly the book was checked or edited. This obvious error is related to the illustration on page 24, which is purported to be a drawing of William Clark's from his journal. In fact, it is not from the journals and was not drawn by Clark. The only accurate information in the book regarding this illustration is that it is credited to be among the collections of the American Philosophical Society Library. The picture on page 24 was actually drawn by Charles Willson Peale; is APS item 917.3 L58 Misc. VII, and can be viewed on-line at www.amphilsoc.org/library/guides/landc/fisher.jpg.
Other historical inaccuracies include his description of a pirogue (page 29); his claim (on page 35) that roasted beaver tongue was a favorite food (he apparently meant roasted beaver tail, or perhaps buffalo tongue); and, on page 75, where he claims that "In the Shoshone camp, Lewis met Cameahwait, the Shoshone chief." Actually, Cameahwait was among the sixty mounted warriors who came racing out at full speed to protect their people from these unknown strangers.
Still, all in all, it is a fine book and is certainly a better choice for children than the competing book by Kathryn Lasky entitled "The Journal of Augustus Pelletier : The Lewis and Clark Expedition." Lasky's book contains much fiction; is not well and obviously marked as such, and presents a very misleading picture to its youthful readers.
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Title: Going Along with Lewis and Clark by Barbara Fifer ISBN: 156037151X Publisher: Montana Magazine Pub. Date: 06 July, 2000 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: The Captain's Dog: My Journey with the Lewis and Clark Tribe by Roland Smith ISBN: 0152026967 Publisher: Harcourt Pub. Date: August, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.00 |
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Title: How We Crossed The West: The Adventures Of Lewis And Clark by Rosalyn Schanzer ISBN: 0792267265 Publisher: National Geographic Pub. Date: 01 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: Lewis and Clark for Kids: Their Journey of Discovery With 21 Activities by Janis Herbert ISBN: 1556523742 Publisher: Chicago Review Press Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Seaman: The Dog Who Explored the West With Lewis and Clark (A Peachtree Junior Publication) by Gail Langer Karwoski, James Watling ISBN: 1561451908 Publisher: Peachtree Publishers Pub. Date: April, 1999 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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