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Before Columbus : the Americas of 1491 / Charles C. Mann ; [adapted by Rebecca Stefoff].
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 pyramids hundreds of years before the Egyptians did, engineered corn, and farmed the rainforests.
Record details
- ISBN: q
- ISBN: q
- ISBN: 9780545307277
- Physical Description: ix, 117 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 27 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2009]
- Copyright: ©2009
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "A Downtown Bookworks book." |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (page 110) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 1: How old was the "new world"? -- Cities in the desert -- Genetic engineering -- From Olmec to Maya -- To the land of four quarters -- 2: Why did Europe succeed? -- The great meeting -- Long, long ago -- Extinction -- Disease-free paradise? -- 3: Were the Americas really a wilderness? -- Amazonia -- Land of fire -- The created wilderness. |
| Target Audience Note: | Ages 8 up. NC 1080 Lexile. NC1080L Lexile |
| Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR MG 8.1 5.0 132408. |
| Awards Note: | A Junior Library Guild selection Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2010. |
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Available copies
- 46 of 50 copies available at Evergreen Indiana.
Holds
- 1 current hold with 50 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Fayette Co PL - Connersville | YA 970.01 MAN (Text) | 39230031129511 | Young Adult Books | Available | - |
| Greensburg-Decatur Co PL - Greensburg | 970.01 MAN (Text) | 32826011772415 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
| Greentown Children's Library - Greentown | 970.01J MANN Y.H. (Text) | 75342000333577 | Junior Non-Fiction | Available | - |
| Greenwood PL - Greenwood | KIDS NONFICTION GEOGRAPHY NORTH AMERICA NATIVE AMERICAN (Text) | 36626103268686 | 1st Floor Kids Orange Zone | Available | - |
| Hamilton North PL - Cicero Main Branch | J 970.01.c Mann, Charles C. (Text) | 78294000234271 | J Non-Fiction | Available | - |
| Huntingburg PL - Huntingburg | JUV 970.01 MAN (Text)
2011-2012: This is a Young Hoosier Book Award Nominee.
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39970000838960 | JNF | Checked out | 05/02/2024 |
| Indiana State Library - Indianapolis | [IYRC] ISLI 970.01 M281b (Text) | 00000108057688 | IYRC Young Readers Collection | Available | - |
| Indiana State Library - Indianapolis | [IYRC] ISLI 970.01 M281b (Text) | 00000108057738 | IYRC Young Readers Collection | Available | - |
| Jay Co PL - Portland | Y970.01 M281 (Text) | 76383000402078 | Youth Non-Fiction | Available | - |
| Jefferson Co PL - Madison Main Branch | YA 970.01 MAN (Text) | 39391006199606 | Young Adult Nonfiction | Checked out | 05/06/2024 |
