Historic North American Forts
- ISBN-10
- 0486410366
- ISBN-13
- 9780486410364
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 48
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-01-25
- Publisher
- Courier Corporation
- Author
- Peter F. Copeland
Description
Forty-four historic forts to color, from El Morro in Puerto Rico and Fort Halifax in the Northeast to Fort Point in San Francisco and Fort Vancouver in the Northwest. Fact-filled captions.
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