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Article: Books to Read.(Brief Article)
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- Cobblestone
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- October 1, 1999
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Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle: Explorer of the Mississippi River by Jim Hargrove (Chicago: Childrens Press, 1990), a book in The World's Great Explorers series, describes La Salle's determination to control the Mississippi River for France and what life in the New World was like in the 1600s. Grades 4 to 7.
La Salle: A Life of Boundless Adventure by William Jay Jacobs (New York: Franklin Watts, 1994) tells the story of La Salle's great adventures in the New World and his dream to establish a permanent French presence along the Mississippi River. The book includes a time line and a bibliography. Grades 3 to 6.
La Salle and the Explorers of the ...