Search Type
  • All
  • Subject
  • Title
  • Author
  • Publisher
  • Series Title
Search Title

Download

Who Was First?

Discovering the Americas

Who Was First?( )
Author: Freedman, Russell
ISBN:978-0-618-66391-0
Publication Date:Oct 2007
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint:Clarion Books
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:AUD $26.95
Book Description:

Many generations of American schoolchildren were taught that Columbus discovered America, and a holiday reminds us every October. But historical investigation in recent years has shown us otherwise. There is evidence that adventurers, explorers, traders, and nomads from various parts of the globe set foot on American soil long before 1492. And expeditions that landed in the Americas reported people already living there--indicating that America had been "discovered" before....
More Description

Book Details
Pages:96
Detailed Subjects: Juvenile Nonfiction / History / Exploration & Discovery
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):24.13 x 24.13 x 1.27 cm
Book Weight:0.6 Kilograms
Author Biography
Freedman, Russell (Author)
Russell Freedman was born in San Francisco, California on October 11, 1929. He received a bachelor's degree in English from the University of California, Berkeley in 1951. After college, he served in the U.S. Counter Intelligence Corps during the Korean War. After his military service, he became a reporter and editor with the Associated Press. In 1956, he took a position at the advertising agency J. Walter Thompson in New York, where he did publicity writing for television. In 1965, he became a full-time writer.

His first book, Teenagers Who Made History, was published in 1961. He went on to publish more than 60 nonfiction titles for young readers including Immigrant Kids, Cowboys of the Old West, Indian Chiefs, Martha Graham: A Dancer's Life, Confucius: The Golden Rule, Because They Marched: The People's Campaign for Voting Rights That Changed America, Vietnam: A History of the War, and The Sinking of the Vasa. He received the Newbery Medal for Lincoln: A Photobiography and three Newbery Honors for Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery, The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane, and The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights. He also received the Regina Medal, the May Hill Arbuthnot Lecture Award, the Orbis Pictus Award, the Sibert Medal, a Sibert Honor, the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal, and the National Humanities Medal. He died on March 16, 2018 at the age of 88.

030



Featured Books

The Devil and Miss Prym
Coelho, Paulo
Paperback: $15.99
The Velveteen Rabbit
Williams, Margery
Paperback: $9.95
Beaverland
Philip, Leila
Paperback: $19.99

Rate this title:

Select your rating below then click 'submit'.






I do not wish to rate this title.