Yellowstone Moran: Painting the American West

by Lita Judge

Book Overview

Follow Tom Moran on an unbelievable real-life adventure! In the summer of 1871, a young painter named Thomas Moran joined a team of scientists heading for the untamed land called ?the Yellowstone.' He couldn't believe what he found there'steaming cauldrons of sulfur, belching geysers, even a thousand-foot-deep canyon. Tom had never ridden a horse or slept under the stars before, but the paintings he created on his journey from city boy to seasoned...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0670011320
• ISBN13: 9780670011322
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Viking Children's Books
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 9.6" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 6 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 3