The third edition of this popular series is updated with a variety of features that will help students learn about the state of Missouri. This comprehensive book outlines the geography, history, people, government, and economy of the state. Lists of key people, events, cities, plants and animals, and political figures, plus fact boxes and quotes, provide easily accessible information that is supplemented by activities such as crafts, recipes, and a map quiz. Historic photos, artwork, and other images enhance the text.
This soothing nighttime board book takes young readers on exciting and educational tour of the great state of Missouri.
A classic of ethnobotany,Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Regionhas been enlarged for this Bison Book edition with thirty drawings, by Bellamy Parks Jansen, of plants discussed by Gilmore.
County sheriff Lewis Holcomb ; p.o. 1882 - now . 2. A popular place - name , usually derogatory but sometimes selfdepreciating , indicating an out - of - the - way location so sparsely populated that opossums established unmolested ...
In Fertile, Missouri, in 1922, Julie Jones helps raise her siblings on her father's farm, while a series of rapes shocks the town, newcomer Birdie Stuart threatens Julie's family, and Julie's suitor, Evan Johnson, faces murder charges.
These are the primary communities whose fiddle and dance traditions came together on the Missouri frontier to cultivate the bounty of old-time fiddling enjoyed today.
Paris, Tightwad, Peculiar, Neosho, Gasconade, Hannibal, Diamond, Quarantine, Zif, and Zig. These are just a few of the names Margot Ford McMillen covers in her lively book on the history...
Missouri would soon become the hub western expansion, leading population to increase fivefold in just twenty years.Ralph Hughes puts his love of trains and old stories to good use in this new volume detailing the establishment of four ...
Captain Campbell later received the Navy Cross for his actions. A week later, Task Force 18 again met a Japanese force at the Battle of Kolombangara. In this battle, St. Louis was again hit by a torpedo, and this time she was not so ...