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48 pp.
| Abbeville |
May, 2016 |
TradeISBN 978-0-7892-1253-5$13.95
(4)
4-6See American History series.
Illustrated by
Mort Künstler.
Axelrod (Revolutionary) and Robertson (Civil; West) describe major facets of two American wars and the exploration and "settlement" of the American west. Each spread contains an accurate, matter-of-factly written summary about an event, animated and informed by Künstler's color paintings and portraits, but there are inadequate textual transitions between sections. An appendix identifies "key people" who played important roles in these historical periods. Timeline. Review covers the following See American History titles: The Revolutionary War, The Civil War, and The Wild West.