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100 1 a| Mann, Charles C.=| ^A167363;

245 10 a| Before Columbus :b| the Americas of 1491 /c| Charles C. Mann.;

250 a| 1st ed.;

300 a| ix, 117 pages :b| color illustrations, color maps ;c| 27 cm.;

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490 0 a| A downtown bookworks book;

500 a| "A Downtown Bookworks book.";

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. 110) and index.;

505 0 a| 1: How old was the "new world"? -- Cities in the desert -- Genetic engineering -- From Olmec to Maya -- To the land of four quarters -- 2: Why did Europe succeed? -- The great meeting -- Long, long ago -- Extinction -- Disease-free paradise? -- 3: Were the Americas really a wilderness? -- Amazonia -- Land of fire -- The created wilderness.;

520 a| This study of Native American societies is adapted for younger readers from Charles C. Mann's best-selling 1491. Turning conventional wisdom on its head, the book argues that the people of North and South America lived in enormous cities, raised pyramids hundreds of years before the Egyptians did, engineered corn, and farmed the rainforests.;

521 8 a| Ages 8 up.;

586 8 a| A Junior Library Guild selection;

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650 0 a| Indiansx| Historyv| Juvenile literature.=| ^A69784;

650 0 a| Indiansx| Antiquitiesv| Juvenile literature.=| ^A26906;

651 0 a| Americax| Antiquitiesv| Juvenile literature.=| ^A29296;

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Before Columbus : the Americas of 1491 / Charles C. Mann.

Author/creator	Mann, Charles C.
Other author	Mann, Charles C.
Format	Book
Edition	1st ed.
Publication Info	New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, ©2009.
Description	ix, 117 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 27 cm.
Subjects	Indians--Origin. --Juvenile literature. Indians--History. --Juvenile literature. Indians--Antiquities. --Juvenile literature. America--Antiquities. --Juvenile literature.

Series	A downtown bookworks book
Contents	1: How old was the "new world"? -- Cities in the desert -- Genetic engineering -- From Olmec to Maya -- To the land of four quarters -- 2: Why did Europe succeed? -- The great meeting -- Long, long ago -- Extinction -- Disease-free paradise? -- 3: Were the Americas really a wilderness? -- Amazonia -- Land of fire -- The created wilderness.
Abstract	This study of Native American societies is adapted for younger readers from Charles C. Mann's best-selling 1491. Turning conventional wisdom on its head, the book argues that the people of North and South America lived in enormous cities, raised pyramids hundreds of years before the Egyptians did, engineered corn, and farmed the rainforests.
Local note	Little-350708--305131037154X
General note	"A Downtown Bookworks book."
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 110) and index.
Audience	Ages 8 up.
Awards note	A Junior Library Guild selection
LCCN	2009007691
ISBN	9781416949008 (reinforced)
ISBN	1416949003 (reinforced)
Stock number	Junior Library Guild http://www.juniorlibraryguild.com

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