StruggleforaContinent:TheFrenchandIndianWars:1689-1763(TheAmericanStory)

作者 Betsy Maestro著Giulio Maestro绘
出版社 HarperCollinsUS
出版时间 2000年9月
ISBN 9780688134501
定价 237.10

内容简介

Asearlyas1630,Spain,France,England,andtheNetherlandshadsettlementsorcoloniesinNorthAmerica.Alwayslookingforwaystoexpandtheirterritory,theseEuropeannationswereconstantlyatwarwithoneanotherovertrade,borders,andreligiousdifferences.Beginningin1689,theirconflictsinEuropespreadacrosstheAtlantictoAmerica.Overthenextseventyyears,competingEuropeanpowerswouldbattleforcontroloftheNewWorld.Thewinnerwouldtaketheprize--allofNorthAmerica."StruggleforaContinent"tellstherivetingstoryoftheFrenchandIndianWarsseventy-fouryearsoffightingthatdeterminedthedestinyofthefutureUnitedStates.NotableChildren'sTradeBooksintheFieldofSocialStudies2001,NationalCouncilforSS&Child.BookCouncil

作者简介

BetsyMaestroistheauthorofthe"AmericanStory"series,illustratedbyherhusband,Giulio.Shehasalsowrittenseveralothernon-fictionpicturebooks,includingtheLet's-Read-And-Find-OutsciencebooksHowDoApplesGrow?andWhyDoLeavesChangeColor?TheMaestrosliveinOldLyme,Connecticut.

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