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The Louisiana Purchase

Author: Burgan, Michael

Reading Metrics

Grade Level Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level 6.0
Points 1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction Nonfiction
Word Count 3277
Points per Word 0.000305
Page Count 48
Points per Page 0.020833
Series We the People

Description

This book looks at the political and economic history of the region between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains which, when purchased by Jefferson in 1803, doubled the size of the United States and led the way to further expansion.