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Author:

Zronik, John Paul, 1972-

Title:

Sieur de La Salle, New World adventurer / John Zronik.

Publisher:

Crabtree Pub. Co.,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

32 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 29 cm.

Subject:

La Salle, Robert Cavelier,--sieur de,--1643-1687--Juvenile literature.
Explorers--North America--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Explorers--France--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Canada--French--French--Juvenile literature.
Canada--History--To 1763 (New France)--Juvenile literature.
Mississippi River Valley--French--French--Juvenile literature.

Notes:

Includes index.

Contents:

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.

Summary:

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.

Series:

In the footsteps of explorers

ISBN:

9780778724490 (pb)
0778724492 (pb)
9780778724131 (rlb)
0778724131 (rlb)

LCCN:

2005014835

Locations:

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

NPPA983 -- Kinney Memorial Library (Hanlontown)

MBPE423 -- Robert W. Barlow Memorial Library (Iowa Falls)

AXPF626 -- Oskaloosa Public Library (Oskaloosa)

LZSX115 -- Storm Lake Middle School (Storm Lake)