TY  - BOOK
AU  - Benoit,Peter
TI  - The Louisiana Purchase
T2  - Cornerstones of freedom
SN  - 9780531230602 (lib. bdg.)
AV  - E333 .B46 2012
U1  - 973.4/6 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - New York
PB  - Children's Press
KW  - Louisiana Purchase
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - sears
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 60-61) and index; Growing pains -- Favored by fortune -- Mixed blessings -- Corps of Discovery; Booklist, April 2012; 7.0; 3-6; 930L; Lexile; V; Fountas
N2  - Looks at the Louisiana Purchase of 1803 as a turning point in the history of the United States, relates the story of how the purchase of the land was negotiated with France, briefly chronicles the Lewis and Clark expedition, and discusses the effect of the expansion on the country and its people
ER  -