The Land of the Magic Sand: Salt, Yesterday and Today

By Maribeth Darby

Three stories recreate the mining of salt in Grand Saline, an actual place in East Texas, at the time of the Caddo Indians, during the mid-1800s, and now. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0890159734
• ISBN13: 9780890159736
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Eakin Pr
• Length: 138 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 0.5" x 6.3"
• Age Range: 9 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 6

Customer Reviews

Well written and well illustrated

Land of Majic Salt is a well-illustrated account of the history of the Grand Saline, Texas, saltworks from exploitation by Native Americans to the modern mine, written in story form for young readers (ages 9 to 12). Included are methods of underground salt mining of a salt dome.