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出版Gareth Stevens Pub., 2005-12-30
主題History / United States / State & Local / GeneralHistory / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)Juvenile Nonfiction / GeneralJuvenile Nonfiction / People & Places / United States / General
ISBN08368465679780836846560
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=FibpwAEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋This exciting new series gives young readers their first in-depth look at the United States. Each volume provides a colorful, comprehensive portrait of a state's history, people, land, economy, and government. Readers will enjoy the "Fun Facts" sprinkled throughout each book and learn even more about state facts, symbols, and famous people. A chapter on "Things to See and Do" explores each state's unique places and activities. Each title includes a time line, biographies of notable people, informative maps and charts, a glossary, recommended books and Web sites, and an index. Nothing about Wyoming is average. It has the fewest people, but the most ghost towns, of any U.S. state. Pronghorn antelope, the fastest mammals in the Western Hemisphere, live here. More buffalo roam Wyoming than anywhere else on the planet. Beneath its surface lie the largest deposits of coal and uranium in the United States. Yellowstone National Park, the site of the world's largest geyser basin and hot springs, became the first of its kind in the nation in 1872. Wyoming was also the first state to allow women to vote and hold public office and the first to elect a female governor. Book jacket. This exciting new series gives young readers their first in-depth look at the United States. Each volume provides a colorful, comprehensive portrait of a state's history, people, land, economy, and government. Readers will enjoy the "Fun Facts" sprinkled throughout each book and learn even more about state facts, symbols, and famous people. A chapter on "Things to See and Do" explores each state's unique places and activities. Each title includes a time line, biographies of notable people, informative maps and charts, a glossary, recommended books and Web sites, and an index. In 1805, U.S. explorers Lewis and Clark blazed a passage west of the Mississippi River and reached Washington's Pacific shores. Native Americans, so helpful in that journey, spent the next seventy years fighting to keep their land but lost out to U.S. expansion. About half the state, which is now home to about six million people, remains covered by forests. The highest point, Mt. Rainier, is an active volcano. Urban centers such as Seattle, Tacoma, and Spokane are surrounded by tremendous natural beauty. Rain forests, mountains, and ocean coastline provide habitats for an astonishing variety of wildlife. Book jacket.