Age
9-12
Grade
4-7
Laura Amy Schlitz, Robert Byrd
The Hero Schliemann: The Dreamer Who Dug for Troy
Paperback
(Candlewick Feb. 26, 2013)
, 1 edition
"Anyone with an interest in archaeology or in liars and braggarts will be drawn in by this slim biography of the hyper-imaginative Schliemann." — Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books (starred review)
From Newbery Medal-winning author Laura Amy Schlitz comes an engaging illustrated biography of Heinrich Schliemann, a nineteenth-century archaeologist who most believe did find the ancient city of Troy. This engrossing tale paints a portrait of contradictions — a man at once stingy and lavishly generous, a scholar both shrewd and reckless, a speaker of twenty-two languages and a man with a funny habit of taking liberties with the truth. Laura Amy Schlitz and Robert Byrd open a discussion about how history sometimes comes to be written, and how it sometimes needs to be changed.
Back matter includes source notes and a bibliography.
- ISBN
- 0763665045 / 9780763665043
- Pages
- 80
- Weight
- 3.2 oz.
- Dimensions
- 6.0 x 0.3
in.