The Hero Schliemann The Dreamer Who Dug for Troy |
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| Author:
| Schlitz, Laura Amy |
| Illustrator:
| Byrd, Robert |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7636-6567-8 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2013 |
| Publisher: | Candlewick Press
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| Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
| List Price: | USD $8.99 |
Book Description:
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"Anyone with an interest in archaeology or in liars and braggarts will be drawn in by this slim biography of the hyper-imaginative Schliemann." - Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (starred review) From Newbery Medal-winning author Laura Amy Schlitz comes an engaging illustrated biography of Heinrich Schliemann, a nineteenth-century archaeologist who most believe did find the ancient city of Troy. This engrossing tale paints a portrait of...
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"Anyone with an interest in archaeology or in liars and braggarts will be drawn in by this slim biography of the hyper-imaginative Schliemann." - Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (starred review)
From Newbery Medal-winning author Laura Amy Schlitz comes an engaging illustrated biography of Heinrich Schliemann, a nineteenth-century archaeologist who most believe did find the ancient city of Troy. This engrossing tale paints a portrait of contradictions - a man at once stingy and lavishly generous, a scholar both shrewd and reckless, a speaker of twenty-two languages and a man with a funny habit of taking liberties with the truth. Laura Amy Schlitz and Robert Byrd open a discussion about how history sometimes comes to be written, and how it sometimes needs to be changed.
Back matter includes source notes and a bibliography.