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Author
Publisher
Frances Foster Books/Farrar, Straus, Giroux
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 25 x 31 cm.
Language
English
Description
This is the story of Earl Douglass and his discovery of the first almost complete skeleton of an Apatosaurus, one of the largest dinosaurs ever to roam Earth.
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books, an imprint of Abrams
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
127 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
John Wesley Powell always had the spirit of adventure in him. As a young man, he traveled all over the United States exploring. When the Civil War began, Powell went to fight for the Union, and even after he lost most of his right arm, he continued to fight until the war was over. In 1869, he embarked with the Colorado River Exploring Expedition-- ten men in four boats-- to float through the Grand Canyon. Ten explorers went in, but only six came out....