Despite all obstacles
Subtitle: La Salle and the conquest of the Mississippi
By: by Joan Elizabeth Goodman ; illustrated by Tom McNeely.
Contributors: McNeely, Tom, ill.
Series: A great explorers book
Publisher: Mikaya Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 47
Subjects: La Salle, Robert Cavelier, sieur de, 1643-1687 -- Juvenile literature.; La Salle, Robert Cavelier, sieur de, 1643-1687.; Explorers -- Mississippi River -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Explorers -- France -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Explorers.; Mississippi River -- Discovery and exploration -- French -- Juvenile literature.; Mississippi River Valley -- Discovery and exploration -- French -- Juvenile literature.; Mississippi River Valley -- History -- To 1803 -- Juvenile literature.; Canada -- History -- To 1763 (New France) -- Juvenile literature.; Canada -- Discovery and exploration -- French.; Mississippi River -- Discovery and exploration.; America -- Discovery and exploration -- French.
Genres: Juvenile literature.; Biography
Description: A biography of the man who explored the St. Lawrence, Ohio, Illinois, and Mississippi rivers, and who claimed America's heartland for King Louis XIV and France.
Notes: Includes index.