Title: Father Marquette and the great rivers
First published: 1955
Description: A biography of the French Catholic priest who arrived in Canada in 1666 to serve as a missionary, and became part of the first group of white men to  travel down the Mississippi River and back.
Subjects: Missionaries, Juvenile fiction, History, Juvenile literature, Explorers, Biography, Discovery and exploration, Marquette, jacques, 1637-1675, Explorers, juvenile literature, Missionaries, juvenile literature, Mississippi river valley, juvenile literature, Mississippi river valley, Canada, history, Canada, history, juvenile literature
Places: Canada, Mississippi River Valley, America, Mississippi River, France
People: Jacques Marquette (1637-1675)
Time periods: To 1763 (New France)