The secrets of Vesuvius
Subtitle: exploring the mysteries of an ancient buried city
By: by Sara C. Bisel ; with Jane Bisel and Shelley Tanaka ; historical consultant, Paul Denis.
Contributors: Bisel, Jane.; Denis, Paul A.; Tanaka, Shelley.
Series: Literacy place -- Gr. 6; Time quest book
Publisher: Scholastic/Madison
Published: 1990
Place of publication: Toronto, ON
Language: eng
Number of pages: 64
Subjects: Language arts.; English language -- Study and teaching (Elementary); Readers (Elementary); Herculaneum (Extinct city) -- Social life and customs -- Juvenile literature.; Italy -- Antiquities.; Pompeii (Extinct city); Vesuvius (Italy) -- Eruption, 79.
Other titles: Vesuvius; Exploring the mysteries of an ancient buried city
Description: By "reading" the bones of people killed in the town of Herculaneum by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, an anthropologist reconstructs their lives.
Notes: "Reprinted 1998."

"A Scholastic/Madison Press book"--T.p.

First published by Random House of Canada, Mississauga, Ont., 1990.

Approved for use in Ontario schools 1998, Grade 6 Language Arts (English)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 64).

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