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Craco : the medieval ghost town / by Lisa Owings.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Abandoned placesPublisher: Minneapolis, MN : Bellwether Media, Inc., 2018Copyright date: ©2018Description: 24 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781626176959
  • 1626176957
  • 9780531246375
  • 053124637X
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
The climb to Craco -- An Italian hill town -- Surviving the centuries -- Collapse -- Glossary.
Summary: Cracos historical happenings hint at a curse. The town faced a plague, then war, then earthquakes and landslides. In the end, the natural disasters dealt the final blow, causing Craco to physically collapse. In this book, young readers will discover a medieval town that eventually lost its uphill battle for survival.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 945.772 O97 Available 33111009680147
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Craco's historical happenings hint at a curse. The town faced a plague, then war, then earthquakes and landslides. In the end, the natural disasters dealt the final blow, causing Craco to physically collapse. In this book, young readers will discover a medieval town that eventually lost its uphill battle for survival.

Grades 3-7.

Ages 7-12.

Cracos historical happenings hint at a curse. The town faced a plague, then war, then earthquakes and landslides. In the end, the natural disasters dealt the final blow, causing Craco to physically collapse. In this book, young readers will discover a medieval town that eventually lost its uphill battle for survival.

Includes bibliographical references (page 23) and index.

The climb to Craco -- An Italian hill town -- Surviving the centuries -- Collapse -- Glossary.

Accelerated Reader AR MG 3.7 0.5 191971.

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