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Books in Raintree Stories Series series

  • Marco Polo

    Kathy Reynolds, Marco Polo, Daniel Woods

    Library Binding (Heinemann/Raintree, Nov. 1, 1986)
    Recounts the adventures of the Italian merchant during his travels to China, based on Marco Polo's own accounts
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  • Casey Jones

    Jan Gleiter, Kathleen Thompson, Francis Balistreri

    Library Binding (Heinemann/Raintree, April 1, 1987)
    The life of the railroad engineer, famous for always bringing his train in on time, and whose last ride on the Cannonball Express inspired the well-known ballad.
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  • Molly Pitcher

    Jan Gleiter, Kathleen Thompson, Charles Shaw

    Library Binding (Heinemann/Raintree, April 1, 1987)
    The life of the woman who became a Revolutionary heroine when she carried water to the soldiers at the Battle of Monmouth in 1778.
  • Christopher Columbus

    Jan Gleiter, Kathleen Thompson

    Library Binding (Raintree Pub, Dec. 1, 1986)
    Presents the life of the fifteenth-century explorer and how he came to discover the New World.
  • The Three Musketeers

    Margaret Berrill, Alexandre Dumas, Susan Hunter

    Library Binding (Heinemann/Raintree, Dec. 1, 1985)
    A young Frenchman achieves his dream to become one of the prestigious musketeers who guard the king and his court.
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  • Androcles and the Lion

    Catherine Storr, Bernard Shaw, Philip Hood

    Library Binding (Heinemann/Raintree, Nov. 1, 1986)
    A retelling of the consequences following the meeting of Androcles, the slave, and a wounded lion
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  • Odysseus and the Enchanters

    Catherine Storr

    Library Binding (Heinemann/Raintree, Dec. 1, 1985)
    Recounts the adventures of Odysseus as he encounters Circe, the Sirens, and other dangers on his long voyage home from the Trojan War.
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  • The Trojan Horse

    Catherine Storr

    Library Binding (Heinemann/Raintree, Feb. 1, 1985)
    Homer's epic saga of the Trojan Horse and the fall of Troy comes to life in a dramatic retelling of the Greek myth
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  • The Sword in the Stone

    Catherine Storr, Susan Hunter

    Library Binding (Heinemann/Raintree, Feb. 1, 1985)
    A brief retelling of selected parts of the Arthurian legend.
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  • Matthew Henson

    Kathleen Thompson, Jan Gleiter, Francis Balistreri

    Library Binding (Heinemann/Raintree, March 1, 1988)
    Traces the life of the black explorer who accompanied Robert E. Peary in his discovery of the North Pole in 1909
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  • Johnny Appleseed

    Jan Gleiter, Kathleen Thompson

    Library Binding (Heinemann/Raintree, Dec. 1, 1986)
    A biography of John Chapman whose distribution of appleseeds and trees across the Midwest made him a legend and left a legacy still enjoyed today
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  • Merlin the Wizard

    Ann Lawrence, Sir Malory, Thomas, Susan Hunter

    Library Binding (Heinemann/Raintree, Nov. 1, 1986)
    A retelling of the prophecies and magical powers of Merlin, the famous magician in the Arthurian legend.
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