Mississippi River - Softcover
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Peter Lourie is the author of many books for young people, including Arctic Thaw: The People of the Whale in a Changing Climate and Hidden World of the Aztec. He lives in Weybridge, Vermont.
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Grade 3-6-This book will appeal to followers of Lourie's earlier adventures, as well as to outdoor enthusiasts. The author began on Lake Itasca in Minnesota and paddled by canoe down the entire length of the Mississippi to where the delta and gulf waters meet in Louisiana. He intersperses information about his trip with facts about the river and the land it cuts through. Descriptive language abounds. Clear, full-color photographs and some historical black-and-white photos or drawings appear on each double-page spread. Most are captioned. A map shows the Mississippi River and its tributaries; an inset shows the states it flows through or borders. A prologue provides background on the river and Lourie's journey. It's unfortunate that there is no glossary. For a more complete picture of this mighty river, pair Lourie's book with Karin Luisa Badt's Mississippi Flood of 1993 (Children's, 1994), which explains just how dangerous the river can be and why people still choose to live so near it. Patricia Lauber's Flood: Wrestling with the Mississippi (National Geographic, 1996) is another good source of information on the river, while Michael Pollard's The Mississippi (Benchmark, 1997) is a better source for reports and general information.
Kathleen Simonetta, Indian Trails Public Library District, Wheeling, IL
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Kathleen Simonetta, Indian Trails Public Library District, Wheeling, IL
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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- PublisherBoyds Mills Press
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 1590780442
- ISBN 13 9781590780442
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages32
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