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The Adventurous Life of Myles Standish and the AmazingbutTrue Survival Story of Plymouth Colony Barbary Pirates the Mayflower the First Thanksgiving Much Much More - Cheryl Harness Histories
Author: Cheryl Harness

Say hello to Myles Standish, a fiery man with short legs and an even shorter temper. When he got mad his face turned as red as his hair, earning him the nickname "Captaine Shrimpe." — It's a story that has been told for almost 400 years—how a brave band of people set sail on the Mayflower to find a new life in America. — By weaving her...  more » chatty, narrative text with her incredibly detailed artwork, award-winning author-illustrator Cheryl Harness makes readers feel as though they are part of the adventure.

Students will discover all sorts of things they never knew before: that a teenage boy almost blew up the Mayflower and that the first Indian the Pilgrims met greeted them in English! They'll learn more serious things, too: all about why they came, the hardships they suffered, the people they met, and the successes they achieved.

Middle-graders will experience one of history's great adventures as only Cheryl Harness can tell it.  « less

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ISBN-13: 9781426302848
ISBN-10: 1426302843
Publication Date: 9/9/2008
Pages: 144
Edition: Reprint
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
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Publisher: National Geographic Children's Books
Book Type: Paperback
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