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Author Caselli, Giovanni, 1939-

Title In search of Troy : one man's quest for Homer's fabled city / written and illustrated by Giovanni Caselli.

Publication Info. New York : P. Bedrick Books, 1999.

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Location Call No. Status
 Middletown, Russell Library - Children's Nonfiction  J 939.21 CAS    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Children's Department  J939 CASELLI    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Children's Department  J GLOBAL INFO 939.21 CAS    Check Shelf
Edition First American edition.
Description 44 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 29 cm
Note Includes index.
Summary Discusses the efforts of Heinrich Schliemann to uncover the ancient city of Troy and what his archeological finds revealed about life in this legendary location.
Contents A boy's dream -- The search begins -- The first digs -- Troy and treasure -- Priam's Troy -- Priam's palace -- Ruling Troy -- Ordinary lives -- Farming -- Crafts and trades -- Religion -- Troy at war -- The legacy of Troy -- Lost and found -- Chronology -- Heroes of Troy.
Subject Schliemann, Heinrich, 1822-1890 -- Juvenile literature.
Troy (Extinct city) -- Juvenile literature.
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Turkey -- Troy (Extinct city) -- Juvenile literature.
Archaeologists -- Germany -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Greece -- Civilization -- To 146 B.C. -- Juvenile literature.
Civilization, Mycenaean -- Juvenile literature.
Schliemann, Heinrich, 1822-1890.
Archaeologists.
Troy (Extinct city)
Excavations (Archaeology)
Greece -- Civilization -- To 146 B.C.
ISBN 0872265420 hardcover
9780872265424 hardcover
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