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Reviewed on September 1, 2009
Gr 3-4 The vocabulary in these introductions is somewhat basic but mostly adequate, and the content is accurate but limited. "Alamo" covers not only the battle but also before and after, in chapters such as "Life in Mexican Texas" and "The Alamo Today." "Gold Rush", which has chapters describing the daily life of miners and racial discrimination in the mines, states that travelers often became ill from mosquitoes while crossing the Isthmus of Panama, bu...Log In or Sign Up to Read More