The secrets of Vesuvius
By: by Sara Bisel with Jane Bisel and Shelley Tanaka ; historical consultant, Paul Denis.
Contributors: Bisel, Jane.; Tanaka, Shelley.
Series: A Time quest book
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 1990
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 64
Subjects: Herculaneum (Extinct city) -- Social life and customs -- Juvenile literature; Vesuvius (Italy) -- Eruption, 79 -- Juvenile literature; Herculaneum (Extinct city); Vesuvius (Italy) -- Eruption, 79; Italy -- Antiquities
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: Includes bibliographical references (p. 64)
"A Scholastic/Madison Press book."