Champlain Hardcover - 2004
by Christopher Moore; Francis Back (Illustrator)
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"One July day four hundred years ago, Samuel de Champlain stepped out of a small boat at Quebec and began a great adventure." So begins Christopher Moore's riveting account of the life of the extraordinary, daring "father of New France."
Samuel de Champlain helped found the first permanent French settlement in the New World; he established the village that eventually became the great city of Quebec; he was a skilled cartographer who gave us many of our first accurate maps of North America; he forged alliances with Native nations that laid the foundations for vast trading networks; and as governor, he set New France on the road to becoming a productive, self-sufficient, thriving colony.
But Champlain was also a man who suffered his share of defeats and disappointments. That first permanent settlement was abandoned after a disastrous winter claimed the lives of half the colonists. His marriage to a child bride was unhappy and marked by long separations. Eventually Quebec had to be surrendered temporarily to the English in 1629.
In this remarkable book, illustrated entirely with paintings, archival maps, and original artifacts, Christopher Moore brings to life this complex man and, through him, creates a portrait of Canada in its earliest days.
"Champlain is illustrated with archival maps and paintings. Additional artwork has been provided by Francis Back.
Details
- Title Champlain
- Author Christopher Moore; Francis Back (Illustrator)
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition Ex Library
- Pages 56
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Tundra Books (NY), Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
- Date 2004-08-24
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps
- ISBN 9780887766572 / 0887766579
- Weight 1.03 lbs (0.47 kg)
- Dimensions 10.22 x 8.4 x 0.46 in (25.96 x 21.34 x 1.17 cm)
- Ages 09 to 12 years
- Grade levels 4 - 7
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 16th Century
- Chronological Period: 17th Century
- Cultural Region: Canadian
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004102430
- Dewey Decimal Code B
Media reviews
Citations
- Booklist, 10/15/2004, Page 402
- Hornbook Guide to Children, 01/01/2005, Page 163
- Quill & Quire, 07/01/2004, Page 42
- School Library Journal, 11/01/2004, Page 170
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