Father Jacques Marquette
- ISBN-10
- 1545749892
- ISBN-13
- 9781545749890
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 48
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2020-02-11
- Publisher
- Mitchell Lane
- Authors
- Susan Sales Harkins, William H. Harkins
Description
A short biography of the French missionary who explored the northern extreme of the Mississippi River to see if it was the Northwest Passage
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Other editions
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- 2001-09-01
- - pages
- Paperback
- Gallopade International
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