The story of Marquette and Jolliet
By: by R. Conrad Stein ; illustrated by Richard Wahl.
Contributors: Wahl, Richard, 1939-
Series: Cornerstones of freedom
Publisher: Childrens Press
Published: 1981
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 30
Subjects: Joliet, Louis, 1645-1700 -- Juvenile literature; Marquette, Jacques, 1637-1675 -- Juvenile literature; Joliet, Louis, 1645-1700; Marquette, Jacques, 1637-1675; Explorers -- America -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Explorers -- France -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Explorers; Mississippi River -- Discovery and exploration -- Juvenile literature; Mississippi River -- Discovery and exploration
Description: Describes the seventeenth-century expedition undertaken by two Frenchmen, a priest and a soldier, that led to the European discovery of the upper Mississippi.