Black Whiteness |
Publication Information
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Author: Burleigh, Robert |
Illustrator: Krudop, Walter |
Title: Black Whiteness |
Date: 1998 |
Publisher: Atheneum |
City: New York |
ISBN, paperback: 0-689-81299-X |
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Recommended audience:
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ABE/ABLE:
Yes |
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Young Adult:
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Picture:
Yes |
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General Information:
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Book Type(s):
biography and autobiography, diaries and journals, nonfiction
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HSE Descriptor(s):
social studies| science
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Summary: |
During the several months Admiral Richard Byrd spent alone in Antarctica in 1934, he nearly dies of carbon monoxide poisoning before he is rescued. The poetic language, line lengths, and diary excerpts give an intensity and truthfulness to the story. |
Teaching Ideas: |
Teachers and/or students may want to consult the web sites below and Byrd's book Alone for more information. The book could be used in a text set on explorers supplemented with web site materials about expeditions to the South Pole. Why do explorers undergo such hardships? Byrd's ability to solve problems is an interesting discussion and writing topic. Students can investigate carbon monoxide poisoning using the listed web sites.
web sites: www.south-pole.com/, www-bprc.mps.ohio-state.edu/AboutByrd/AboutByrd.html, www.lunguse.org/air/carbon_factsheet99.html, www.homesafe.com/coalert/index.html |
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