W. Ross Macdonald School Library

Despite all obstacles :

Goodman, Joan E.

Despite all obstacles : La Salle and the conquest of the Mississippi / by Joan Elizabeth Goodman ; illustrated by Tom McNeely. - New York : Mikaya Press, c2001. - 47 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 27 cm. - A Great explorers book. .

Includes index.

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.

1931414017 (alk. paper)

2001031732


La Salle, Robert Cavelier, sieur de, 1643-1687 --Juvenile literature.


Explorers--America--Biography--Juvenile literature.


Canada--History--To 1763 (New France)--Juvenile literature
America--Discovery and exploration.

F352 / .G66 2001

973.2 GOO