A flipbook version of the True Book with page-turning and read-along features (embedded AUDIO in each flash book), chapter tabs, and vocabulary terms indentified and defined. The “book” has been transformed into a versatile digital resource enabling the student to exercise the non-linear reading and viewing behaviors that we know take place with digital content.
Francis Parkman, set out to see what it was like in the western wilderness. Young, just out of Harvard college, he began his journey into Wyoming, joining a band of war-like Dakota Indians led by The Whirlwind, a famous chieftain, then conducting war against the tribe of Snake Indians who had ambushed and slain his son. It was during his stay with the Dakota tribe that Francis learned the importance of the buffalo to the Indian people, the shortcomings of the U.S. military presence in the west and the language of the Dakota tribe.
Abel Guevuez de Argensola plunged into the depths of the South American jungles in search of gold. Instead, he discovered a strange and beautiful girl. He also encountered a tribe of savage Indians who were ruled by the laws of the wilderness and lived by the poisoned arrow.
Follow this riveting history of one of America's own best known wilderness frontier pioneers, Daniel Boone. Daniel was born in Pennsylvania to a family of Quakers, learned how to hunt and fish, fight Indians and moved all over America lookin' for "elbow room". Daniel survived many encounters with hostile Indians at the time and lived to a ripe old age, still able to hunt and visit his many grandchildren. Daniel Boone embodied the American pioneering spirit in virtue and honesty. Enjoy this immensely entertaining romp through Daniel's true-life adventures which act as a testimony to his legendary status as a true American hero.
