What's the Deal?: Jefferson, Napoleon, and the Louisiana Purchase
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0439129206
ISBN 13
9780439129206
Category
Unknown
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Publication Year
1999
Publisher
Pages
144
Description
What's The Deal is 144 pages with about 60 illustrations taking up a half page or full page. These are paintings, ink drawings, and newspaper cartoons. The book begins with a six page list of a "case of characters," with a 2-sentence thumbnail description of each, for example, Rene-Robert La Salle (French explorer who claimed the Louisiana Territory in 1682), James Madison and Robert Livingston (negotiated the Louisiana Purchase Treaty), King Louis XV (gave Louisiana Territory to Spain, that is, to his cousin King Charles III of Spain), and Napoleon (took back the Louisiana Territory and sold it to the U.S.). - from Amzon
Number of Copies
1
