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Thomas Jefferson and the Mammoth Hunt: The True Story of the Quest for America's Biggest Bones
By CLICKARD, Carrie
- ISBN
- 9781481442688
- Publisher
- S. & S./Paula Wiseman Bks.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on February 1, 2019 | XpressRevWebOnly
Gr 3–8—This rhyming tale provides an amusing and thought-provoking look at a little-known chapter in U.S. history. The book traces Thomas Jefferson's Enlightenment-era rivalry with France's Count Buffon whose Histoire Naturelle claimed that the Americas produced "degenerate" species. Jefferson is shown engaged in a decades-long quest to prove the New World's value, enlisting scores of others, throughout his ascent from governor of Virginia to the Presidency. Jefferson is finally vindicated when mammoth skeletons are recovered in New Y...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
