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Texas Joins the United States (Building America) (Building America)
By Roberts, Russell D.
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-1-58415-550-8
- Publisher
- Mitchell Lane Publishers
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on February 1, 2008
Gr 6-9 Informative but dry, these three titles offer short overviews of their topics. "Colonial Virginia" takes a European perspective, referring to the settlers as "brave" and "adventurous," while the Natives are depicted as causing trouble rather than defending their homes and families. "Colonial America" is the most engaging, opening with a story about trying to survive Jamestown's "Starving Time." By describing how the colonists ate snakes and rats, chewed shoe leather, and even ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
