{"product_id":"the-hero-schliemann-the-dreamer-who-dug-for-troy-paperback","title":"The Hero Schliemann: The Dreamer Who Dug for Troy - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLaura Amy Schlitz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRobert Byrd\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Anyone with an interest in archaeology or in liars and braggarts will be drawn in by this slim biography of the hyper-imaginative Schliemann.\" -- \u003ci\u003eBulletin of the Center for Children's Books\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom Newbery Medal-winning author Laura Amy Schlitz comes an engaging illustrated biography of Heinrich Schliemann, a nineteenth-century archaeologist who most believe did find the ancient city of Troy. This engrossing tale paints a portrait of contradictions -- a man at once stingy and lavishly generous, a scholar both shrewd and reckless, a speaker of twenty-two languages and a man with a funny habit of taking liberties with the truth. Laura Amy Schlitz and Robert Byrd open a discussion about how history sometimes comes to be written, and how it sometimes needs to be changed.\u003cbr\u003eBack matter includes source notes and a bibliography.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaura Amy Schlitz\u003c\/b\u003e has spent most of her life working as a librarian and professional storyteller. She has also been a playwright, a costumer, and an actress, and her plays for young people have been produced in professional theaters all over the country. She says, \"When I began researching Schliemann's life, I found that he was even more remarkable than I had previously suspected. What a story! Shipwrecks and poverty and wealth and strokes of fantastic life and a Great Love and buried treasure . . . and it was all true. Then I read more, and discovered that some of it wasn't true. My romantic hero was a mythmaker and a liar. At that point, I was really hooked, because I've always been attracted to people who survive by their imagination.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Byrd\u003c\/b\u003e is currently teaching children's book illustration at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. He is the author-illustrator of many books for children, including \u003ci\u003eLeonardo\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBeautiful Dreamer\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Golden Kite Award for Nonfiction; \u003ci\u003eFinn MacCoul and His Fearless Wife;\u003c\/i\u003e and most recently, \u003ci\u003eThe Hero and the Minotaur: The Fantastic Adventures of Theseus\u003c\/i\u003e. He says, \"I did not want to make Herr Schliemann too serious; I tried to show a sense of humor, adventure, curiosity, courage, and even pomposity. I was particularly conscious of showing a variety of settings that would give the reader the full scope of his exotic travels.\"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 26, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hero Schliemann: The Dreamer Who Dug for Troy\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Middle Grades, 4-8\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6.7\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757263683872,"sku":"9780763665043","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b5b3c5edcb292c31d5a0299d69c60f02.webp?v=1780098229","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-hero-schliemann-the-dreamer-who-dug-for-troy-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}