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Author:

Goodman, Joan E.

Title:

Despite all obstacles : La Salle and the conquest of the Mississippi / by Joan Elizabeth Goodman ; illustrated by Tom McNeely.

Publisher:

Mikaya Press,

Copyright Date:

c2001

Description:

47 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 27 cm.

Subject:

La Salle, Robert Cavelier,--sieur de,--1643-1687--Juvenile literature.
Explorers--Mississippi River--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Explorers--France--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Mississippi River--French--French--Juvenile literature.
Mississippi River Valley--French--French--Juvenile literature.
Mississippi River Valley--History--To 1803--Juvenile literature.
Canada--History--To 1763 (New France)--Juvenile literature.
La Salle, Robert Cavelier,--sieur de,--1643-1687.
Explorers.
Canada--French.--French.
Mississippi River--Discovery and exploration.
America--French.--French.

Other Authors:

McNeely, Tom, ill.

Notes:

Includes index.

Summary:

A biography of the man who explored the St. Lawrence, Ohio, Illinois, and Mississippi rivers, and who claimed America's heartland for King Louis XIV and France.

Series:

A great explorers book

ISBN:

9781931414012 (alk. paper)
1931414017 (alk. paper)

LCCN:

2001031732

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

UTAX314 -- Emmaus Bible College Library (Dubuque)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

54SX745 -- Emmetsburg High School (Emmetsburg)

SCPC074 -- Hudson Public Library (Hudson)

MGPD463 -- Humboldt Public Library (Humboldt)

LZSX115 -- Storm Lake Middle School (Storm Lake)