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72 pp.
| Benchmark |
October, 1999 |
LibraryISBN 0-7614-0906-8$$27.07
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4-6How We Lived series.
Peppered with quotations from primary sources, these books do an adequate job of providing a sense of what colonial and frontier life were like in America. Maps and reproductions of period artwork coexist somewhat uncomfortably with color photos from modern-day museums and reconstructed settlements, which are not always identified as such. Each book includes a time line and useful "Places to Visit" section. Bib., glos., ind.