Tree in the Trail

Zusatztext "The story of a cottonwood tree that watched the pageant of history on the Santa Fe Trail where it stood, a landmark to travelers and a peace-medicine tree to Indians, for over 200 years." Booklist, ALA Informationen zum Autor Born in Jackson County, Michigan, in 1900, Holling Clancy Holling graduated from the Art Institute of Chicago in 1923. He then worked in a taxidermy department of the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago and spent time working in anthropology under Dr. Ralph Linton. During this period, he married Lucille Webster and within a year of their marriage accepted a position as art instructor on the first University World Cruise, sponsored by New York University. For many years, Holling C. Holling dedicated much of his time and interest to making books for children. Much of the material he used was known to him first hand, and his wife, Lucille, worked with him on many of the illustrations. Klappentext The history of the Great Plains and the Santa Fe Trail is told in text and pictures by focusing on a cottonwood tree and the events that happen around it. Zusammenfassung The history of the Great Plains and the Santa Fe Trail is told in text and pictures by focusing on a cottonwood tree and the events that happen around it.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: C. Holling, Clancy Holling Holling, Holling C. Holling, Holling Clancy Holling
• Edition: Houghton Mifflin
• Langues: Anglais
• Recommandation d'âge: 10 à 12 ans
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 30.04.1990
• EAN: 9780395545348
• ISBN: 978-0-395-54534-8
• Dimensions: 222 mm x 279 mm x 6 mm
• Catégories: Livres pour enfants et adolescents; YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Girls & Women *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Science Fiction / General *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Social Themes / Assimilation *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Animals / Mythical Creatures *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Fantasy / Epic *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Science & Nature / Environment, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Fantasy / Historical *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Historical / United States / General *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Animals / Marine Life *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Animals / Horses *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Indigenous / General