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Product Identifiers

PublisherAbdo Publishing Company

ISBN-101624030920

ISBN-139781624030925

eBay Product ID (ePID)170073231

Product Key Features

Book TitleJohn Burroughs

Number of Pages32 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2014

TopicBiography & Autobiography / Science & Technology, Science & Nature / Environmental Science & Ecosystems, Biography & Autobiography / Social Activists, Science & Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection

IllustratorYes

GenreJuvenile Nonfiction

AuthorJoanne Mattern

Book SeriesConservationists Ser.

FormatLibrary Binding

Dimensions

Item Height0.3 in

Item Weight8 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width8 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience

LCCN2013-029171

Dewey Edition23

Grade FromThird Grade

Number of Volumes1 vol.

Dewey Decimal508.092 B

Grade ToSixth Grade

SynopsisExtraordinary environments endure through the efforts of conservationists such as John Burroughs. In this engaging biography, readers will learn about Burroughs's farming childhood, his mother's influence on his early love of nature, his education at various schools in New York State, his teaching career, and his wife and family. Readers will discover Burroughs's friendship with the poet Walt Whitman, who inspired Burroughs to become the famous nature writer he would one day be. Burroughs's love of the Hudson River valley and his travels to California and Alaska helped people such as Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir establish national parks. Burroughs spent his days experiencing and writing about nature. In turn, he has inspired generations of green pioneers. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO., Extraordinary environments endure through the efforts of conservationists such as John Burroughs. In this engaging biography, readers will learn about Burroughs's farming childhood, his mother's influence on his early love of nature, his education at various schools in New York State, his teaching career, and his wife and family. Readers will discover Burroughs's friendship with the poet Walt Whitman, who inspired Burroughs to become the famous nature writer he would one day be. Burroughs's love of the Hudson River valley and his travels to California and Alaska helped people such as Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir establish national parks. Burroughs spent his days experiencing and writing about nature. In turn, he has inspired generations of green pioneers. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

LC Classification NumberQH31.B3M37 2014