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Fascinating illustrations, maps, diagrams, and gripping "you are there" text captures the imaginations of young readers and puts them at the site of the amazing rediscovery of a once-great vanished ancient civilization. Full color. Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies; Outstanding Science Trade Book for Children.
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An installment in the ``Time Quest'' series alternates scientific assessment and valid speculation about the recently discovered skeletons at Herculaneum with a fictional reconstruction of Vesuvius's eruption. Bisel tells how she came to examine the skeletons in 1982, then introduces readers to a slave, ``Petronia,'' hours before the volcanic explosion. Bisel next reveals her conclusions, drawn from jewelry found with the skeletons and their bone structure, mineral content, etc. Readers are left to determine to what extent Petronia's story is fact- based, and how much is inference and/or interpretation. Shown in full-color photos complemented by artists' renderings of ancient times, these discoveries are fascinating. But the book's greatest strength is Bisel's manifest compassion for the objects of her study--even during the most reductive evaluations. Those who clearly comprehend the factual/fictional components of this historical alloy will find it utterly involving. Glossary; chronology; further reading. (Nonfiction. 8- 12) -- Copyright ©1991, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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Secrets of Vesuvius
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Random House of Canada, Limited, 1991
ISBN 10: 0394221982
ISBN 13: 9780394221984
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Secrets of Vesuvius
Published by
Random House of Canada, Limited, 1991
ISBN 10: 0394221982
ISBN 13: 9780394221984
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Secrets of Vesuvius
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ISBN 10: 0394221982
ISBN 13: 9780394221984
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Random House of Canada/ Madison Press, Toronto, 1991
ISBN 10: 0394221982
ISBN 13: 9780394221984
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Canadian Edition. [Time Quest series] A well illustrated introduction for young people to the excavations at Herculaneum and the people and places destroyed in the eruption of Vesuvius. 64p. index. Seller Inventory # 044709
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