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Down the Colorado: John Wesley Powell, the One-Armed Explorer
This biography of John Wesley Powell, son of an Ohio abolitionist, a teacher who lead a group of the first exploration of the treacherous Colorado River in 1869--despite the loss of an arm in the Civil War. A timeline, bibliography, and an author's note
Author: Ray, Deborah Kogan |
HSE Descriptors:
science | social studies
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Down the Colorado: John Wesley Powell, the One-Armed Explorer
This biography of John Wesley Powell, son of an Ohio abolitionist, a teacher who lead a group of the first exploration of the treacherous Colorado River in 1869--despite the loss of an arm in the Civil War. A timeline, bibliography, and an author's note
Author: Ray, Deborah Kogan |
HSE Descriptors:
science | social studies
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Tulip Sees America
The author tells a fictionalized version of her trip from the midwest to her new home in Oregon.
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