Written in Bone : Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland Hardcover - 2009
by Walker, Sally M
- Used
Join author Sally M. Walker as she works alongside scientists investigating colonial-era graves near Jamestown, Virginia: a teenage boy, a ship's captain, an indentured servant, a colonial official and his family, and an enslaved African girl. All are reaching beyond the grave to tell us their stories, which are written in bone.
Description
Details
- Title Written in Bone : Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland
- Author Walker, Sally M
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First American E
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 144
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Lerner Publishing Group, Minneapolis MN
- Date 2009-02-01
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # 2920024-6
- ISBN 9780822571353 / 0822571358
- Weight 1.6 lbs (0.73 kg)
- Dimensions 10.6 x 8.3 x 0.7 in (26.92 x 21.08 x 1.78 cm)
- Ages 10 to 14 years
- Grade levels 5 - 9
- Reading level 1140
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Mid-Atlantic
- Cultural Region: South Atlantic
- Cultural Region: Southeast U.S.
- Geographic Orientation: Maryland
- Geographic Orientation: Virginia
- Library of Congress subjects Forensic anthropology, Jamestown (Va.) - Antiquities
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2007010768
- Dewey Decimal Code 614.17
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- Hornbook Guide to Children, 07/01/2009, Page 0
- Kirkus Best Children's Books, 11/15/2009, Page 18
- Kirkus Review - Children, 02/01/2009, Page 0
- School Library Journal, 02/01/2009, Page 127
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