Father Marquette and the great rivers
By: written by August Derleth ; illustrated by H. Lawrence Hoffman.
Contributors: Hoffman, H. Lawrence, ill.
Publisher: Ignatius Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 137
Subjects: Marquette, Jacques, 1637-1675 -- Juvenile literature.; Marquette, Jacques, 1637-1675.; Explorers -- America -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Explorers -- France -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Missionaries -- Canada -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Explorers.; Missionaries.; Mississippi River Valley -- Discovery and exploration -- Juvenile literature.; Canada -- History -- To 1763 (New France) -- Juvenile literature.; Mississippi River -- Discovery and exploration.
Genres: Juvenile literature.; Biography
Description: A biography of the French Catholic priest who arrived in Canada in 1666 to serve as a missionary, and became part of the first group of white men to  travel down the Mississippi River and back.