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The Trail West: Exploring History Through Art (Picture That)

The Trail West: Exploring History Through Art (Picture That)

Ellen Galford
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The Trail West focuses on the lives and adventures of the brave pioneers who headed West in search of a new life. It also explores the lives of the Native Americans already living there. Among the extraordinary artists who recorded these exploits are Benjamin Franklin Reinhardt, Winslow Homer, George Caleb Bingham, and George Catlin. Picture That is a unique history-through-art series in which 15 to 20 key works of art with child-friendly images illustrate and illuminate different aspects of everyday life at certain periods of history. The range of topics covered in each book includes family life and events; childhood and education; commercial and town life; agriculture and country living; homes, clothes, and fashion; food, festivals, and customs; travel and transportation; and war and punishment. Each work of art is displayed in its entirety with a general introduction to the subject matter, placing it in context and giving information about the period in which it was created. Carefully selected details of the work of art are enlarged to give the reader a close-up view, with captions that reveal fascinating and often unexpected facts.Author Biography: Alex Martin is a prolific writer of both fiction and nonfiction works. His adult novel The General Interruptor won the Betty Trask Prize in 1988, and he has written several children's novels including Zeus Perkins, Time Traveller . He has selected and edited various fiction collections, including Modern Plays and Modern Novels . His nonfiction books include Greece and Daily Life in the Holy Land at the Time of Jesus .
Pages
64
Format
Hardcover
Release
September 25, 2004
ISBN 13
9781587284427

The Trail West: Exploring History Through Art (Picture That)

Ellen Galford
0/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
The Trail West focuses on the lives and adventures of the brave pioneers who headed West in search of a new life. It also explores the lives of the Native Americans already living there. Among the extraordinary artists who recorded these exploits are Benjamin Franklin Reinhardt, Winslow Homer, George Caleb Bingham, and George Catlin. Picture That is a unique history-through-art series in which 15 to 20 key works of art with child-friendly images illustrate and illuminate different aspects of everyday life at certain periods of history. The range of topics covered in each book includes family life and events; childhood and education; commercial and town life; agriculture and country living; homes, clothes, and fashion; food, festivals, and customs; travel and transportation; and war and punishment. Each work of art is displayed in its entirety with a general introduction to the subject matter, placing it in context and giving information about the period in which it was created. Carefully selected details of the work of art are enlarged to give the reader a close-up view, with captions that reveal fascinating and often unexpected facts.Author Biography: Alex Martin is a prolific writer of both fiction and nonfiction works. His adult novel The General Interruptor won the Betty Trask Prize in 1988, and he has written several children's novels including Zeus Perkins, Time Traveller . He has selected and edited various fiction collections, including Modern Plays and Modern Novels . His nonfiction books include Greece and Daily Life in the Holy Land at the Time of Jesus .
Pages
64
Format
Hardcover
Release
September 25, 2004
ISBN 13
9781587284427

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