Age
9+
Grade
4-6
Bentley Boyd
Lewis and Clark and Transportation for a New Nation
Paperback
(Chester Comix Aug. 19, 2007)
, 1st edition
After the American Revolution, the people of the new United States look westward for a fresh start. President Thomas Jefferson makes the Louisiana Purchase from France 1803 and sends Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to explore the land west of the Mississippi River. The tales the two tell when they return spur this question: How will Americans GET to this new land? Over water, via the Erie Canal? Over a new National Road through the Midwest? This will be a nation founded on transportation! This colorful graphic novel will excite reluctant readers, prepare students for standardized tests in history and help homeschooling parents!
- Series
- Chester Comix
- ISBN
- 1933122331 / 9781933122335
- Pages
- 24
- Weight
- 3.2 oz.
- Dimensions
- 8.3 x 10.7
in.