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Weird disappearances : real tales of missing people

Author: Tom McCarthy
Publisher: White River Junction, VT : Nomad Press, [2017] ©2017
Series: Mystery & mayhem.
Edition/Format:  Print book : Biography : Elementary and junior high school : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Where did Virginia Dare and the rest of the colonists of Roanoke go? What happened to aviator Amelia Earhart during her flight around the world? Did Anastasia Romanov escape being murdered by revolutionaries? Did Percy Fawcett find the fabled lost city of the Amazon? What became of escaped slave Solomon Northup after he published his memoirs?
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Genre/Form: Nonfiction
Biographies
Juvenile works
Juvenile literature
Case studies
Named Person: Virginia Dare; Amelia Earhart; Anastasii︠a︡ Nikolaevna, Grand Duchess daughter of Nicholas II Emperor of Russia; Percy Harrison Fawcett; Solomon Northup; Anastasii︠a︡ Nikolaevna, Grand Duchess daughter of Nicholas II Emperor of Russia; Virginia Dare; Amelia Earhart; Percy Harrison Fawcett; Solomon Northup
Material Type: Biography, Elementary and junior high school
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Tom McCarthy
ISBN: 9781619305267 1619305267 9781619305304 1619305305
OCLC Number: 982486575
Notes: "True stories"--Cover and title page.
Target Audience: Ages 9-12.
Description: 108 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Contents: Introduction: Where did they go? --
Virginia Dare --
The natural --
The missing princess --
Swallowed by the Amazon --
Solomon Northup.
Series Title: Mystery & mayhem.
Responsibility: Tom McCarthy.
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Where did Virginia Dare and the rest of the colonists of Roanoke go? What happened to aviator Amelia Earhart during her flight around the world? Did Anastasia Romanov escape being murdered by revolutionaries? Did Percy Fawcett find the fabled lost city of the Amazon? What became of escaped slave Solomon Northup after he published his memoirs?

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