Lost City of Pompeii (Frozen in Time)
by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
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Describes the destruction of Pompeii by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. and how its rediscovery nearly 1700 years later provided information about life in the Roman Empire.Tags
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Dorothy Hinshaw Patent holds a Ph.D. in zoology from the University of California at Berkeley. She is the author of more than one hundred books for children and young adults, on subjects ranging from biodiversity to the bald eagle. She has two adult sons and lives with her husband in Montana, where the state flower is named after Meriwether Lewis show more William Munoz earned a B.A. in history from the University of Montana. He has an avid interest in ecology and the environment and has worked on many photo essays. Mr. Munoz lives with his wife and son near Victoria, British Columbia show less
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- Nonfiction, Kids, Tween, Anthropology
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- 937.7 — History & geography History of ancient world (to ca. 499) Italian Peninsula to 476 and adjacent territories to 476 Southern Italy: Campania, Samnium, Apulia, etc.
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- DG70 .P7 .P38 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania City History of Italy Ancient Italy. Rome to 476 Local history and description Other cities, towns, etc., A-Z
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