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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 799.3092
EAN: 9780374368432
ISBN: 0374368430
Label: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Manufacturer: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 32
Publication Date: September 14, 2001
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Sales Rank: 540491
Studio: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
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A survivor who refused to give up.
The Amazing Life and Times of Annie Oakley.
"Aim at a high mark and you will hit it" is the motto the legendary sharpshooter and star of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, Annie Oakley, lived by. How did a young girl growing up on a hardscrabble Ohio farm become a legend in her own time?
Based on her own writings and illustrated with hauntingly expressive oil paintings by one of America's foremost illustrators, this dramatic picture-book biography offers a fascinating glimpse into the life of a courageous young girl who went on to break barriers in the field of sports, becoming recognized by Will Rogers and others as "the greatest woman rifle shot the world has ever produced."
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I can not remember purchasing this book but all ANNIE O books get 5 stars from me....
Now I have to find it !!!
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Stephen Krensky details "the amazing life and times of Annie Oakley" in this engaging and creative picture book biography. From her hard and impoverished childhood in Ohio, to her young adult years as a sharpshooter and entertainer in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, the story of her life is fascinating and full of drama. Annie was resourceful and tough as nails. She knew what she wanted, and made it happen through hard work and determination. Mr Krensky's interesting and informative text, draws ... Read More
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The book fulfilled my expectations. I wanted an easy-to-read and attractive book for one of my granddaughters. I got it. She loved it too, but I'm not sure about her mom (my daughter).
Get one, read it, and then pass it on to a child.
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