Scribe of the Great Plains: Mari Sandoz (The Great Hearlanders Series) - Softcover

Parkison, Jami

Softcover

ISBN 10: 096644700X ISBN 13: 9780966447002

Publisher: Acorn Books, 1999

Synopsis

Follows the life of Sandoz from her childhood on the Nebraska plains to her success in New York as a famous author

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Gr 4-6-Morton believed that "trees provide food for the table, wood for the stove, shade for the body and beauty for the soul." Beaty chronicles the life of this early environmentalist who promoted the idea of a day dedicated to trees and motivated Nebraskans to plant one million on the first Arbor Day in 1872. In Scribe of the Great Plains Wilkerson introduces readers to a young farm girl whose goal in life was to learn to read and write. Years later, while attending the Teachers College in Lincoln, NE, Sandoz's teachers encouraged the aspiring author to write about what she knew. That, and her love of the prairie, set her on the course of celebrating the plains through print. Both titles contain fictionalized dialogue. In spite of this, regional collections may want to purchase these titles. The inviting formats, easy-to-read texts, and black-and-white photographs and sketches will draw both reluctant readers and report writers.-

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Edition details

• Publisher: Acorn Books
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 096644700X
• ISBN 13: 9780966447002
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 100