The American Story: 100 True Tales from American History
- ISBN-10
- 0375812563
- ISBN-13
- 9780375812569
- Series
- The American Story
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 358
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- Knopf Books for Young Readers
- Author
- Jennifer Armstrong
Description
One hundred brief stories about real people and occurences in American history, arranged in chronological order by year from 1565 to 2000
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- 2006
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- 2019-10-29
- 416 pages
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- 2019-10-29
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