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This book focuses specifically on the archaeological record related to children, zeroing in on unearthed evidence from five different sites that show the types of activities children participated in across many millennia (from 18,000 BCE to 1700s colonial Florida). Abundant artifact photographs and sidebars supplement the insightful text, which easily switches from narrative to scientific and explanatory. Reading list, websites. Bib., glos., ind.
56 pp.
| Millbrook
| April, 2016
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LibraryISBN 978-1-4677-9432-9$33.32
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EbookISBN 978-1-4677-9728-3
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Huey chronicles the events of this historic flood, using accounts of involved individuals, including noted citizens John Patterson (founder of the National Cash Register Company), Orville Wright, and Wright's sister Katherine. The well-researched narrative provides readers with a vivid portrayal of the disaster that claimed an estimated four hundred lives. Archival photographs provide graphic images of the devastation. Reading list, timeline, websites. Bib., glos., ind.
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In 2005, while laying a sewer line, workers discovered a slave cemetery near Albany, New York; this book describes what a team of bioarchaeologoists learned from the people's remains. Huey, an archaeologist herself, explains the scientific and historical research processes in a way that is thorough and informative without becoming too dry. Photos of the excavation add impact. Reading list, websites. Bib., glos., ind.
48 pp.
| Millbrook
| October, 2013
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LibraryISBN 978-0-7613-9091-6$29.27
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This interesting history book reveals the unsavory side of living in eighteenth-century America, transporting the reader via time machine to experience daily life. Descriptions of fetid smells, putrid filth, blood-sucking insects, deadly diseases, and uncomfortable clothing are graphically depicted. Inserts, photographs, and illustrations enhance the readable text, which may repulse some readers but fascinate others. Reading list, websites. Bib., glos., ind.