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Before Columbus : the Americas of 1491 /

This study of Native American societies is adapted for younger readers from Charles C. Mann's best-selling 1491. Turning conventional wisdom on its head, the book argues that the people of North and South America lived in enormous cities, raised pyramids hundreds of years before the Egyptians d...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mann, Charles C.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2009]
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Indians > Origin > Juvenile literature.
Indians > History > Juvenile literature.
Indians > Antiquities > Juvenile literature.
America > Antiquities > Juvenile literature.
Indians > Origin.
Indians > History.
Indians > Antiquities.
America > Antiquities.
Online Access:Publisher description
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Summary:This study of Native American societies is adapted for younger readers from Charles C. Mann's best-selling 1491. Turning conventional wisdom on its head, the book argues that the people of North and South America lived in enormous cities, raised pyramids hundreds of years before the Egyptians did, engineered corn, and farmed the rainforests.
Item Description:"A Downtown Bookworks book."
Physical Description:ix, 116 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 27 cm.
Audience:Ages 8 up.
Awards:A Junior Library Guild selection
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (page 110) and index.
ISBN:9781416949008 (reinforced) :
1416949003 (reinforced) :