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Place Called America, A: A Story of the Land and People

Jennifer Thermes

Illustrator: Jennifer Thermes

Ages: 9+

Published: 2023

Publisher: Abrams BFYR/Abrams

ISBN: 978-1-4197-4389-4

Keywords: United States history, Indigenous People, Explorers, Slavery, Westward Expansion, Immigration, Wars, Civil Rights,

An account of the wide range of oppressions which contributed to the creation of our nation. Detailed watercolor art. Extensive time line and sourcing.