Why Sieur de Lasalle Matters to Texas

By Lynn Peppas

Book Overview

Ren?-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle, set out to build a French colony on the mouth of the Mississippi River, but ended up 400 miles west in Texas. He spent three years exploring Texas searching for the Mississippi, a miscalculation that would cost him his life.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1477709177
• ISBN13: 9781477709177
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: PowerKids Press
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.0" x 10.2"
• Age Range: 8 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 6