Louisiana Purchase, Peter Roop
Louisiana Purchase, Peter Roop
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Louisiana Purchase

Author: Peter Roop

Narrator: Pat Grimes

Unabridged: 1 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/16/2016


Synopsis

In 1803 President Thomas Jefferson bought the Louisiana territory from the French for $15,000,000. The purchase made President Jefferson's dream of extending the U.S. west of the Mississippi River come true.

Author Bio

Peter Roop graduated from Lawrence University to become an elementary-school teacher. It was in his early teaching days that Roop first decided to try writing for children, and Roop persevered, writing and publishing his first short stories and articles while teaching in England. In 1980 he got his Master's degree in children's literature from the Center for the Study of Children's Literature at Simmons College in Boston, where he studied with Newbery Medalist Scott O'Dell.

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