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Author
Pub. Date
c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Sacagawea shines as a simply written, well-documented introduction to the Shoshone woman who acted as a guide for Lewis and Clark.
Profiles the life of the young Shoshoni woman Sacagawea, who served as an interpreter and guide for the Lewis and Clark expedition at the beginning of the nineteenth century.
Author
Pub. Date
[1996]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Biography of the man who has been nicknamed "The Pathfinder." Tells how he led four explorations of the lands west of the Rocky Mountains during the 1840's. When California became a state, he was chosen to be one of the state's first senators; and then later, ran for, and almost became, the fifteenth president of the United States.
Author
Pub. Date
[1996]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Profiles the life and career of Sam Houston-- as a military leader, president of the republic, U.S. senator, and governor. Houston is known as the Father of Texas, because under his command the Texan army defeated the Mexican army to gain control of this territory.