Vanished : true tales of mysterious disappearances / Elizabeth MacLeod.
Material type: TextPublisher: Toronto : Annick Press, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 184 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781554518173
- 1554518172
- 9781554518180
- 1554518180
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's NonFiction | 001.94 M165 | Available | 33111008157550 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Gone--without a trace.
No one loves a mystery more than Elizabeth MacLeod, author of the award-winning Bones Never Lie and Royal Murder . In her newest book, she presents six compelling stories about some of the world's most bewildering disappearances.
Readers will be captivated by such true tales as the Alcatraz prison break, where three dangerous convicts engineered a daring escape. Did they live to see freedom, or did they perish in the icy waters surrounding the prison? And will anyone ever know what happened to the captain and crew of the SS Mary Celeste? In 1872, it set out from New York for Genoa, Italy, but everyone on board disappeared for no apparent reason.
This irresistible combination of suspense and history also serves as an introduction to the advances in technology that may help discover what really happened in each unsolved mystery.
Filled with color photographs, sidebars, and maps, Vanished is the perfect book for kids who love mind-boggling mysteries.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Lost colony: the settlers who disappeared -- Franklin Expedition: hidden in ice and snow -- Mary Celeste: legendary ghost ship -- Amber Room: Russia's missing treasure -- Alcatraz prison breakout: convicts' vanishing act -- Theft at the Gardner Museum: famous art gone forever? -- Time line.
Readers will be captivated by such true tales as the Alcatraz prison break, where three dangerous convicts engineered a daring escape. Did they live to see freedom, or did they perish in the icy waters surrounding the prison? And will anyone ever know what happened to the captain and crew of the SS Mary Celeste? In 1872, it set out from New York for Genoa, Italy, but everyone on board disappeared for no apparent reason. This irresistible combination of suspense and history also serves as an introduction to the advances in technology that may help discover what really happened in each unsolved mystery. Filled with color photographs, sidebars, and maps, Vanished is the perfect book for kids who love mind-boggling mysteries.-- Amazon.com.