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Publisher: Candlewick

Author: Laura Amy Schlitz

ISBN: 9780763665043

Format: Paperback

Children 10-12 yrs

The Hero Schliemann: The Dreamer Who Dug for Troy by
Laura Amy Schlitz

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$ 400.00 mxn

The Hero Schliemann: The Dreamer Who Dug for Troy by

Laura Amy Schlitz

Summary

"Anyone with an interest in archaeology or in liars and braggarts will be drawn in by this slim biography of the hyper-imaginative Schliemann." — Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books (starred review)

From Newbery Medal-winning author Laura Amy Schlitz comes an engaging illustrated biography of Heinrich Schliemann, a nineteenth-century archaeologist who most believe did find the ancient city of Troy. This engrossing tale paints a portrait of contradictions — a man at once stingy and lavishly generous, a scholar both shrewd and reckless, a speaker of twenty-two languages and a man with a funny habit of taking liberties with the truth. Laura Amy Schlitz and Robert Byrd open a discussion about how history sometimes comes to be written, and how it sometimes needs to be changed.
Back matter includes source notes and a bibliography.

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