Title: When the Mission Padre Came to the Rancho: The Early California Adventures of Rosalinda and Simon Delgado (I Am American)
Publisher: National Geographic Children's Books
Publication Date: 2004
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0792269454
ISBN 13: 9780792269458
Binding: paperback
Condition: New
Weight: 4 ounces

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Written in diary format, and set in California in 1834, a traveling visitor, Padre Carlos Ramon, spends time telling the children of the Delgado family what life was like for the early mission people when they came to settle their new land. Original.

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Gare Thompson has long been involved with children's books as an author and editor. He has written several of National Geographic’s Science Chapters and History Chapters, including Riding with the Mail: The Story of the Pony Express, Roald Amundsen and Robert Scott Race to the South Pole, and Serengeti Journey: On Safari in Africa. To learn more, visit garethompson-writer.com or follow @ThompsonGare on Twitter.

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