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Reviewed on October 1, 1994
Gr 4-6 In her forword, Karl admits that "a book this short cannot tell all that has happened" between the years when man first reached the North American continent to the present. America Alive is an "outline" and "I hope...a balanced view, though necessarily a selective one." The end product is a readable presentation, but not a very informative one. Names and dates move by rapidly and there is little room for the whys and wherefores that would breathe life into the story being told. There are other problems as well. If Sutter's Mill were really west...Log In or Sign Up to Read More