Sieur de La Salle, New World adventurer
(2006)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
Y/BIOGRAPHY/910.92/LA SALLE,R/ZRO

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Kids' Biographies Y/BIOGRAPHY/910.92/LA SALLE,R/ZRO Available

Details

PUBLISHED
New York : Crabtree Pub. Co., [2006]
©2006
DESCRIPTION

32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 29 cm

ISBN/ISSN
0778724131 (rlb), 9780778724131 (rlb), 0778724492 (pb), 9780778724490 (pb), 9780778724131, 0778724131 :
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Includes index

Go west, young man -- Age of exploration -- La Salle's early life -- Early expedition -- Heading south -- Failed colony -- Trouble brewing -- Life at sea -- La Salle's ships -- Native North Americans -- After the voyages -- La Salle's legacy -- Glossary and index

Young Sieur de La Salle didn't think twice before leaving the priesthood in France and setting sail for the New World at the age of twenty-two. This book chronicles his success in finding a route to the Pacific Ocean

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