美国知识百科问答Question & Answer Encyclopedia the USA

出版时间：2007-1  出版社：Oversea Publishing House  作者：Jason Hook，Patricia Levy，Chris Oxlade，Sean Sheehan Nicola Barber　著  页数：224  

内容概要

WHERE IS THE "RICHEST HILL ON EARTH"?WHO MADE A GIANT LEAP FOR MANKIND?WHY DID LEWIS AND CLARK GO UPRIVER?HOW MANY SOLDIERS DIED AT GETTYSBERG?You will find answers to these and over 1,000 other intriguing questions inside this superbly illustrated book.

书籍目录

The 50states  THE UNITED STATES  WASHINGTON,OREGON,IDAHO  MONTANA, NORTH  DAKOTA, SOUTH  DAKOTA, ALASKA  MINNESOTA,WlSCONSIN,IOWA  WYOMING, UTAH,COLORADO  CALIFORNIA,NEVADA,ARIZONA, NEW MEXICO,TEXAS  OKLAHOMA,KANSAS,NEBRASKA  NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY,PENNSYLVANIA,DELAWARE  CONNECTICUT,MAINE,RHODE ISLAND,NEW HAMPSHIRE,MASSACHUSETTS,VERMONT  NORTH CAROLINA,SOUTH CAROLINA,VIRGINIA, WEST VIRGINIA,MARYLAND  KENTUCKY,ARKANSAS,TENNESSEE, MISSOURI  LOUISIANA,MISSISSIPPI,ALABAMA,GEORGIA,FLORIDA  ILLINOIS, INDIANA,OHIO,MICHIGANNative Americans  EARLY HISTORY  NATIVE PEOPLES  HOMES  FOOD  HOW THEY LIVED  GROWING UP  THE SPIRIT WORLD  ART  WARFARE  TRAGEDIES  FAMOUS NAMES  LIFE TODAYPilgrims EARLY DISCOVERIES  FIRST SETTLERS  PILGRIMS  THE MAYFLOWER  NEW PLYMOUTH  NEW BEGINNINGS  SETTLING DOWN  A NEW LIFE  GROWING COLONIES  THE FRIENDSHIP ENDS  INDEPENDENCE  THE WILD YEARSHow the West was won  THE NATIVE  AMERICANS  EUROPEAN SETTLERS  LEWIS AND CLARK  THE CORPS OF  DISCOVERY  THE MORMONS  THE CALIFORNIA  AND OREGON  TRAILS  MAKING A LIVING  THE GOLD RUSH  RAILWAYS  OUTLAWS AND  LAWMEN  THE END OF THE  WILD WESTThe Civil WarPresidentsSporting HeroesGreat Americans