The buried city of Pompeii
Subtitle: what it was like when Vesuvius exploded
By: by Shelley Tanaka ; illustrations by Greg Ruhl ; diagrams and maps by Jack McMaster ; historical consultation by Elizabeth Lyding Will ; photographs by Peter Christopher.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Hyperion; Madison Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York; Toronto, Ont
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
Subjects: Excavations (Archaeology) -- Italy -- Pompeii (Extinct city) -- Juvenile literature.; Italy -- Antiquities -- Juvenile literature.; Pompeii (Extinct city) -- Juvenile literature.; Vesuvius (Italy) -- Eruption, 79 -- Juvenile literature.; Pompeii (Extinct city); Vesuvius (Italy) -- Eruption, 79.
Description: Uses a fictionalized account of the life of the steward of an important estate to describe the ancient Italian city of Pompeii and what happened to it during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D.
Notes: "An I was there book"--P. opp. t.p.