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Journey to Cahokia

by Albert Lorenz

Ages: 9+

Published: 2004

Publisher: Abrams

ISBN: 0-8109-5047-2

Keywords: Native Americans

A young native American Indian travels from his village to the largest trading village in the midwest ca. 1300 CE.