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The Hero Schliemann: The Dreamer Who Dug for Troy
by Laura Amy Schlitz
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0763622834
- ISBN 13
- 9780763622831
- Seller
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About This Item
Cambridge, Mass: Candlewick Press, 2006. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Robert Byrd. 1st Edition, 1st printing. The dust jacket has light scratching on the back cover. Synopsis: This is a biography of the man who excavated the cities of Troy while seeking the Homeric city of Troy as noted in the Iliad. The author portrays Heinrich as a self-made man who through his business acumen and determination became a millionaire by the age of forty. Through the assistance of his second wife Sophia and Wilhelm Dorpfeld and Rudolf Virchow, who were his teachers and counselors, he became famous initially for locating Homer's ancient city. However, later through technology it was determined that he actually overlooked Homer's real city of Troy and destroyed many of its artifacts in his haste to uncover another city of Troy. The author believes he was an archaeologist, a storyteller, and a crook. who left his mark on the world.
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- Bookseller
- D'Qualitas Books, Et. Al.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 120919
- Title
- The Hero Schliemann: The Dreamer Who Dug for Troy
- Author
- Laura Amy Schlitz
- Illustrator
- Robert Byrd
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0763622834
- ISBN 13
- 9780763622831
- Publisher
- Candlewick Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, Mass
- Date Published
- 2006
- Pages
- 80
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- children, adults, non fiction, biographical, historical, Troy, Iliad Historical, Exploration & Discovery, Asia
- Bookseller catalogs
- Reading-Young Teens; Autobiography/Biography-Children;
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