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Exploring the earth with John Wesley Powell
By Ross, Michael W. & Smith, Wendy
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-1-57505-254-0
- Publisher
- Minneapolis, MN : Carolrhoda Books, 2000.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on August 4, 2000
Gr 4-6 An awkward combination of biography and geology lesson that ends up giving short shrift to both elements. Ross begins by making the ridiculous argument that Powell may have been influenced to study geology because people in his town threw rocks at him in response to his family's abolitionist ideas. While giving a cursory and dry account of an exciting life, the author has interspersed...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
