Explore with Gertrude Bell
2018
Book
"Takes readers through the life story of influential English archaeologist and traveler Gertrude Bell. Bell explored what is now the Middle East and played a significant role in the creation of modern Iraq. Historical facts, images, and high-interest information are presented in a tabloid-style to engage readers in an accessible way. Topics include Bell's work in archaeology, her mountain summits, and her role in World War One."--Provided by publisher.
Item Details
ISBN:
- 9780778739258
- 0778739252
Description: 32 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm.
Target Audience Note:
- Grades 4-6.
- Ages 8-11.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.
Contents:
- Meet the boss
- Where are we heading?
- Gertrude Bell's travels in the Middle East
- Meet the crew
- Check out the ride
- Solve it with science
- Hanging at home
- Meeting and greeting
- Running the empire
- I love nature
- Fortune hunting
- This isn't what it said in the brochure!
- End of the road
- Glossary & timeline.
LCCN: 2017028415
Control Number: 2375503
Publisher: New York : Crabtree Publishing Company, [2018]Series: Travel with the great explorers.
Subjects:
- Archaeologists -- Great Britain -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
- Bell, Gertrude Lowthian, 1868-1926 -- Juvenile literature.
- Travelers -- Middle East -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
- Women archaeologists -- Great Britain -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
- Women travelers -- Middle East -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Genre: Biographies.