Displaying 1 of 1 2009 Format: Book Author: Mann, Charles C. Title: Before Columbus : the Americas of 1491 / Charles C. Mann. Edition: First edition. Publisher, Date: New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2009] ©2009 Description: ix, 116 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 27 cm illustration map Summary: This study of Native American societies is adapted for younger readers from Charles C. Mann's best-selling 1491. Turning conventional wisdom on its head, the book argues that the people of North and South America lived in enormous cities, raised pyramidshundreds of years before the Egyptians did, engineered corn, and farmed the rainforests. Target Audience Note: Ages 8 up. NC1080L Lexile Subjects: Indians -- Origin -- Juvenile literature. Indians -- History -- Juvenile literature. Indians -- Antiquities -- Juvenile literature. America -- Antiquities -- Juvenile literature. Notes: "A Downtown Bookworks book." Includes bibliographical references (page 110) and index. Accelerated Reader MG 8.1 5 132408 A Junior Library Guild selection LCCN: 2009007691 ISBN: 9781416949008 1416949003 Other Number: 276335321 System Availability: 1 # System items in: 1 # Local items: 1 # Local items in: 1 Current Holds: 0 Place Request Please select and request a specific volume by clicking one of the icons in the 'Availability' section below. Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Large Cover Image Summary Librarian's View Displaying 1 of 1
