Weird Disappearances
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Weird Disappearances: Real Tales of Missing People

By Tom McCarthy  
Why have the people of Roanoke Colony never been found? Historians are still trying to answer that question. Weird Disappearances: Real Tales of Missing People tells five true stories of people who vanished–against the backdrop of historical circumstances, such as the carving out of a new world in an ancient culture.
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Why have the people of Roanoke Colony never been found? Historians are still trying to answer that question. Weird Disappearances: Real Tales of Missing People tells five true stories of people who vanished–against the backdrop of historical circumstances, such as the carving out of a new world in an ancient culture.

  • Encourages readers to connect historic events to contemporary events.
Available In:
Hardcover, $19.95
9781619305267
Paperback, $9.95
9781619305304
Includes: Table of Contents | Maps | Glossary
Specs: 5.75 x 9 size | black and white interior | 128 pages
Content Focus: Language Arts | World History

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction
Where Did They Go?

Chapter One
Virginia Dare

Chapter Two
The Natural

Chapter Three
The Missing Princess

Chapter Four
Swallowed by the Amazon

Chapter Five
Solomon Northup

Glossary
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