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Shooting for the Moon: The Amazing Life and Times of Annie Oakley
By
Bernie Fuchs (illustrator) and
Stephen Krensky
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Farrar Straus & Giroux
Publication date
September 1, 2001
Pages
28
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Easy Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780374368432
ISBN-10
0374368430
Dimensions
0.25 by 10 by 11.25 in.
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$17.00
Other format details
juvenile
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Summary
Based on her own writings and illustrated with hauntingly expressive oil paintings, a dramatic picture-book biography offers a fascinating glimpse into the life of a courageous girl who went on to break barriers in the field of sports.
Amazon.com description: Product Description:
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."
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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Hardcover
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from Farrar Straus & Giroux (September 1, 2001)
9780374368432 | details & prices | 28 pages | 10.00 × 11.25 × 0.25 in. | Rec. grade levels 2-3 | 0.98 lbs | List price $17.00
About: Based on her own writings, a picture-book biography offers a glimpse into the life of a courageous girl who went on to break barriers in the field of sports as a competitive sharpshooter and an entertainer.
About: Based on her own writings, a picture-book biography offers a glimpse into the life of a courageous girl who went on to break barriers in the field of sports as a competitive sharpshooter and an entertainer.
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